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Classic 1981 Soviet Academic Monograph: "Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR"

For historians of Soviet science, scholars of Caucasian intellectual heritage, and enthusiasts of mid-century Soviet architecture, this 1981 original Soviet hardcover volume is an essential regional chronicle. Published in Tbilisi by Metsniereba (Издательство «Мецниереба» / გამომცემლობა «მეცნიერება»), Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR (Академия наук Грузинской ССР) was compiled to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Soviet governance in Georgia.

Bound in a cloth-backed pictorial hardcover showing the Academy's monumental tower on Rustaveli Avenue, this large-format edition was produced under an editorial board chaired by astrophysicist E. K. Kharadze, featuring documentary photography selected by S. S. Dzhaparidze.

Soviet Cybernetics, Beritashvili Physiology & Tbilisi Modernist Architecture This volume surveys the key research departments that established Soviet Georgia as a scientific hub:

• Cybernetics & Computing Innovation: Documents the founding and expansion of the Institute of Cybernetics (established in 1960 as the first physical cybernetics institute in the USSR, housing over 50 laboratories), alongside the N. I. Muskhelishvili Computing Center and control systems institutes.

• Astrophysics & Exact Sciences: Detailed overviews of the A. M. Razmadze Mathematical Institute, the Institute of Physics, and the Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory on Mount Kanobili.

• Physiology & Behavioral Science: Photographic plates and research summaries from the I. S. Beritashvili Institute of Physiology, capturing experiments in emotion neurophysiology, primate behavior laboratories, and cellular oncology.

• Architectural & Urban Photography: Showcases Soviet modernist institutional architecture across Tbilisi, notably the Central Scientific Library's cylindrical hall and reading spaces.

Complete Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Академия наук Грузинской ССР (Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR)

• Georgian Title: საქართველოს სსრ მეცნიერებათა აკადემია

• Editorial Board: E. K. Kharadze (Chairman), D. G. Lominadze, A. M. Apakidze, L. K. Gabunia, I. G. Gverdtsiteli, et al.

• Photo Selection: S. S. Dzhaparidze (С. С. Джапаридзе)

• Publisher: "Metsniereba" Publishing House (Тбилиси)

• Publication Date: 1981 (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)

• Language: Russian (with Georgian and English preliminary title leaves)

• Binding: Original publisher's cloth-backed pictorial hardcover

• Visual Content: Frontispiece portrait of V. I. Lenin, numerous full-page color and monochrome photo-plates

• Classification: History of Soviet Science / Georgian SSR Institutions / Cybernetics & Modernist Architecture

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