Levan Maruashvili

Levan Maruashvili
Born25 October 1912
Novocherkassk, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire
Died5 December 1992 (1992-12-06) (aged 80)
Tbilisi, Georgia
NationalityGeorgia
CitizenshipSoviet
Alma materTbilisi State University
AwardsNikolay Przhevalsky Gold Medal
Vakhushti Bagrationi Prize
State Prize of Georgia
Scientific career
FieldsGeography
Geomorphology
InstitutionsVakhushti Bagrationi Institute of Geography

Levan Iosifovich Maruashvili (Georgian: ლევან იოსების ძე მარუაშვილი; born 25 October 1912, Novocherkassk, Russian Empire, – 5 December 1992, Tbilisi, Georgia) was a prominent Georgian geographer. Doctor of Geographical Sciences (1954), professor (1965).[1] Honored Scientist of the Georgian SSR (1966) and Abkhaz ASSR.[2] Honorary member of the Russian Geographical Society (1985). He introduced a new concept of Karstosphere into the science.[3] Krubera Cave, which is the world’s deepest known cave (2,197 m (7,208 feet)), was discovered by the Georgian researchers in 1960 by the leadership of Professor Levan Maruashvili.[4]

  1. ^ Encyclopedia TBILISI, Was edited by I. Abashidze Chief Editorial Board of Georgian Encyclopedia in 2002.
  2. ^ Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Volume 6, p. 462, Tbilisi, 1983
  3. ^ G. A. Maximovich, V. N. Bykov, Karst of Carbonate Oil and Gas-Bearing Series
  4. ^ Discovery and Management of Georgian Caves