Background
KANCHAVELI, Zakhariy was born on December 16, 1890 in Signakhi Uyezd, Tiflis Province.
KANCHAVELI, Zakhariy was born on December 16, 1890 in Signakhi Uyezd, Tiflis Province.
1910 graduate Geo High-School, Tiflis. 1915 graduate Biology and Agronomy Section, Natural Sciences Department, Khar’kov University.
While still a student commissioned by Tiflis Botanical Garden to tour Kakhetiya and Tushetiya to study local flora. 1915, after graduate, did botanical research for tanning industry in Black Sea Province and Sukhumi Okrug. 1916 worked for Batumi Botanical Garden.
1917 assistant professor, Chair of Botany, Tiflis Polytech Institute. From 1918 assistant professor, Chair of Botany, Tiflis University. 1921 secretary, Pedagogical Faculty, Tbilisi University.
From 1921 in charge of botany course at pedag, agronomy and medical faculty, Tbilisi University. From 1922 head, Chair of Botany, Tbilisi University. From 1923 also head, Floristics Department, Botanical Institute, Geo Academy of Sciences.
From 1928 until death director, Tbilisi Botanical Garden. Made numerous botanical field trips. 1920 and 1922 to Tushetiya.
1924-1925 to Samgori Steppe. 1926-1927 to Shiraki-El’dari Steppe. 1928-1929 to Tsivgombari Range.
1929-1930 to Inner Kakhetiya.
Religiously inspired people justify violence, resist social changes, and attack on science.
Marxism–Leninism as the only truth could not, by its very nature, become outdated.