Akaki Chanturia

Akaki Chanturia

Akaki Chanturia (Georgian: აკაკი ჭანტურია, 1881 – 11 May 1949) was a Georgian scientist, archaeologist and ethnographer. Educated primarily in England, where he lived from 1904 to 1920, Chanturia returned to his native Samegrelo to established the Dadiani Palaces Museum in Zugdidi.