Zurab Tatashidze

Zurab Tatashidze
Born(1928-09-24)24 September 1928
Sachkhere, Georgia
Died12 June 2011(2011-06-12) (aged 82)
Tbilisi, Georgia
NationalityGeorgian
Alma materTbilisi State University
Scientific career
FieldsSpeleology
Karstology
Geomorphology

Zurab Tatashidze (Tintilozov) (Georgian: ზურაბ ტატაშიძე; September 24, 1928 – June 12, 2011) was a Georgian geographer. Doctor of Geographical Sciences (1973), professor (1979). Corresponding member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (1997).[1] Director of the Vakhushti Bagrationi Institute of Geography (1993–2005). President of the Georgian National Speleological Society (1998–2004). He was one of the discoverers of the New Athos Cave in 1961, which became one of the important tourism destinations in Europe.[2]

  1. ^ "Georgian National Academy of Sciences - Deceased Corresponding Academicians". science.org.ge. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  2. ^ Tsikarishvili, Kukuri (2016). Akhali Athoni cave a rare monument of nature. Tbilisi: Universali. p. 104. ISBN 9789941227097.