Cultural and Religious Links in Early Modern and Modern Periods The Kurds are essentially linked to the Caucasian region by geography, history and culture. Although all these have centuries-long history (for instance, Kurdish ruling dynasties in Transcaucasia in the 9th-13th centuries), the following article summarises cultural, historical and religious links between the Kurds and the Caucasus in Early Modern and Modern periods.
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GEORGIA. With regard to Georgia, in 1970-s and 1980-s the interest towards Kurdish theme increased and Tbilisi soon became another centre for Kurdish cultural life with classes at schools, a theatre, musical groups, publication of books, weekly radio broadcasting and the Kurdish section in the Writers' Association of Georgia. The local scholars were and are dealing with Georgian sources related to the Kurds. Thus, the latest monograph of V. Macharadze is dedicated to Georgian documents on relationships between the Georgians, Kurds, Assyrians and Russians during the reign of the King Irakli II of Georgia (the 18th century). Another Georgian author, A. Menteshashvili, has published in 1984 one of the most comprehensive studies on the Kurdish social life. Another interesting point is that while the absolute majority of the Georgia's Kurds speak in Northern (Kurmandji) dialect, the Soviet Kurdologist Q. Kurdoev recorded two short texts in Zaza dialect from the residents of a Zaza village near Batumi (Adzharian Autonomous Republic in Georgia).
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