Events & Ceremonials

Documentation of public gatherings, celebrations, religious ceremonies, political events, funerals, and memorial practices throughout Georgian history. These photographs capture the ritual life and collective experiences that defined community identity, from intimate family ceremonies to large-scale state occasions.

Funerals & Memorial Practices Political Events (Civic & State Life)Public Gatherings & Celebrations Religious & Ritual Life

Photos

Soviet Parade Scene with Armed Female Participant

Gold Medal of the Caucasus Photographic Exhibition, front

Funeral Procession of the Tiflis City Head, Tiflis (1895)

Gold Medal of the Caucasus Photographic Exhibition, Tiflis (1897)

Display of Photographs at the Caucasus Photographic Exhibition, Tiflis (1897)

Photographic Exhibition Display Room, Tiflis (1895)

Keenoba – Shrovetide Carnival in Tbilisi

Alaverdoba Festival – Kakheti, 1930

Red Army Parade in Tbilisi – February 1921

Entry of the Red Army into Tbilisi – February 1921, on horse Sergo Orjonikidze

Second International Representatives with Georgian Mensheviks – Borjomi, 1920

Second International Celebration – Public March, Georgia, First Georgian Republic Period

Founding Meeting Session, Tiflis (1918)

Krtsanisi war funeral rites in Tiflis. 1895

Golovin Prospect During the Visit of Emperor Alexander III, Tiflis (1888)

Catastrophe in Armenian Jordan, Tiflis (1892)

Epiphany Ceremony on the Mtkvari River, Tbilisi (1890)

Benediction of the Statue of Viceroy Michael Vorontsov, Tbilisi (1867)

Church Feast near Telavi

Festival of Spinach

Public Proclamation of the Peasant Emancipation Manifesto, Sighnaghi, 1864