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The book is dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the first printed edition of Shota Rustaveli's poem Vephistkaosani (The Knight in Tiger's Skin), the most famous monument of Georgian verbal culture of the twelfth century.

High earthly love and loyalty in friendship, duty and meaning of earthly existence, glory and ingloriousness, life and death - these are the important philosophical problems that the author solves on the pages of a highly artistic, sophisticated poem. Rustaveli's work captivates readers of different nations, different cultural traditions with its content, imagery, way of thinking and poetic form.

The publication contains the poem in the original Georgian language and a brilliant translation into Ukrainian by M.P. Bazhan. The text of the poem is accompanied by theoretical studies-generalisations by Prof. M. Elbakidze about the poem and the personality of Shota Rustaveli and M.P. Bazhan; illustrations by the outstanding Georgian artist S. Kobuladze, created in 1935-37, are included.