Letters of Konstantine Gamsakhurdia to Tamar and Akaki Papava

Georgian National Manuscript Centre, in persona archival fund of Tamar and Akaki Papava of Georgian emigrants is preserved letters of famous Georgian writer’s Konstantine Gamsakhurdia sent from Tbilisi in Argentina. The content of the letters includes new and noteworthy facts as about biography (about his creativity, family and future plans) of writer Konstantine Gamsakhurdia also about soviet repressions and researches of history of Georgian emigrates. Especially notable are the issues of return back in Georgia of emigrants and their contacts with homeland. In the period when Stalin was governed the relations of emigrants with their families who remained in Georgia was impossible. They were allowed to contact them after Stalin died. The letters of Konstantine Gamsakhurdia to Tamar and Akaki Papava are sent in 1963-1964 years. Soviet government tried to return Georgian emigrants in homeland. In this order he had many attempts. From one of the letters of Konstantine Gamsakhurdia it is confirmed that he was sent abroad in order to return Georgians emigrants in Georgia. He in his letter calls Akaki Papava to come back in homeland. He tries to convince him that there is every condition to return emigrants back. However he herein writes Samson Pirtskhalava who came back in homeland from emigration died in exile. Their friends were specified in repressions. Gamsakhurdia wrote on those hard conditions and period which he had passed during repressions