This article is devoted to the biography of Sayat-Nova. Sayat-Nova was an Armenian from the Kartli-Kakheti kingdom. He was a man of several cultures of the South Caucasus. Sayat-Nova lived in a multicultural environment and spoke Georgian, Armenian, Azerbaijani Turki, Farsi, and Balochi.

This article is devoted to the history of the Maskuts and the possession of the Maskuts. The Maskuts came to coastal Dagestan in the 2nd century. In 134-135, the Maskuts and Alans, in alliance with the Kartli, fought against the Armenians and Romans.

Academician Giorgi Chitaia holds a significant place in the crucial processes of the distinctiveness and self-determination of Georgian scholarly thought—processes that began at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and for which Ivane Javakhishvili served as a pioneer and guiding force.

I particularly remember the prestigious 1988 colloquium of leading Soviet and American archaeologists held at our expedition site, as well as the international symposia in 1983, 1986, and 1989 centered on the theme "The Caucasus in the Early Metal Age".