Mikheil Tsereteli

Prince Mikheil "Mikhako" G. Tsereteli also known as Michael von Zereteli (Georgian: მიხეილ "მიხაკო" წერეთელი) (December 23, 1878 – March 2, 1965) was a Georgian historian, philologist, sociologist and public benefactor, Dr.Sci., Professor.

He was born in 1878, in a village Tskhrukveti (Imereti region of Western Georgia). His father was Prince Giorgi Tsereteli. His brother Vasil Tsereteli (1862-1938) was a famous Georgian physician, writer and public benefactor.

In 1911 Mikheil Tsereteli graduated from Heidelberg University (Germany), and received a PhD degree in History in 1913. From 1914 to 1918, he was Associate Professor at Berlin University and Chairman of the Committee of Independent Georgia. In 1916 Tsereteli was a representative of Georgia in the Union of Nations in Lausanne, and in 1918-1919 Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG) in Sweden and Norway.

From 1919 to 1921, Tsereteli was a Professor of the Tbilisi State University (TSU).

On February 25, 1921, Georgia was occupied by Soviet Russia. From March 1921, Mikheil Tsereteli was an émigré.

From 1921 to 1933 Tsereteli was a Professor at the University of Brussels (Belgium), and from 1933 to 1945 a Professor at Berlin University. After 1945, he lived and worked in Munich.

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