The Batumi issue in Davit Kldiashvili's memoir "My Life on the Road"

Abstract

An important place in David Kldiashvili's work is occupied by the memoir "On the Path of My Life", in which many national issues are raised in the form of Batumi, which demonstrates a unified Georgian national spirit and should be understood in a unified context to demonstrate the integrity of the country.

In the memoir book “On the Path of My Life”, the reality described by David Kldiashvili clearly reflects the difficult situation of life at that time - the social, political, economic, cultural environment, the foun­dations on which each sphere was based, where the difficult existence of a person living in this environment is clearly visible, and against the background of all this, the reality seen through the eyes of the writer is given, which is provided by the writer’s views and experience.

David Kldiashvili's memoir "On the Path of My Life" recounts the writer's life and work in Batumi for more than twenty-eight years. It describes and analyzes a number of issues related to Batumi: the abolition of Porto-Franco, the purchase and sale of land, the issue of landowners, the process of creating an oil city in Batumi, the arrival of Georgian theater actors in Batumi and the presentation of a theatrical stage, the creation of city self-government, the aspiration of the poor population to Batumi, the construction of the railway, the construction of the Green Cape and boulevards, the formation of a public council in the city... The writer's information about the existence of schools in the city is very important, in particular, the creation of a civic school and the Georgian school of the society for spreading literacy among Georgians; It tells us how the construction of apartments was carried out, that the police played the role of the city administ­ration... Also important are the information about how the reading room-library was founded, the book collection increased, and the publication of magazines and newspapers with a large circulation began; The writer pays great attention to a number of national problems... These numerous issues raised in Davit Kldiashvili's memoirs provide a clear idea of ​​the turbulent life in Batumi.

Thus, the issues raised in David Kldiashvili’s memoir “On the Path of My Life” are valuable in terms of solving the national problem of Georgia, social development, and aim at the path to resolving the country’s statehood. The issues reflected in it preserve history and revive epochs with their own words.

The topic is relevant and of great theoretical and practical value, since Davit Kldiashvili's memoirs have been little studied and require research in terms of the problems raised in the memoirs, the essence and purpose reflected in them. The issues reflected in the work do not lose their relevance not only in the era of Davit Kldiashvili, but also today, it is necessary to revive it, look at it with new eyes and analyze it. The problem, of course, must first be understood in a unified national context, and then it must be considered in the entire global context. The novelty of the topic lies precisely in the resolution of the above-mentioned.