Zaza Aleksidze

Doctor of Sciences
Zaza Aleksidze
ზაზა ალექსიძე
Born(1935-10-18)18 October 1935[1]
Telavi, Georgia SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died24 January 2023(2023-01-24) (aged 87)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Occupations
  • Historian
  • linguist
  • armenologist
Known forDecipherment of the Caucasian Albanian script
Academic background
Alma materTbilisi State University
Academic work
InstitutionsTbilisi State University
Georgian National Center of Manuscripts

Zaza Aleksidze (Georgian: ზაზა ალექსიძე, also transliterated as Zaza Alexidze; 18 October 1935 – 24 January 2023) was a Georgian historian and linguist who specialized in Armenian and Oriental studies. He is best known internationally for deciphering the Caucasian Albanian script.

  1. ^ "Zaza Aleksidze (1935-2023)". Biographical Dictionary of Georgia (in Georgian). National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. Retrieved 24 January 2023.