Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology

Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology (Georgian: ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის ისტორიისა და ეთნოლოგიის ინსტიტუტი Ivane Javaxishvilis saxelobis istoriis da etnologiis instituti) is a Scientific-research institute in Georgia. It originated from the Caucasus Historical-Archaeological Institute, founded in Tbilisi on July 1, 1917, with Nikolai Marr as its initiator and Ekvtime Takaishvili and Giorgi Chubinashvili as its real members. In 1931 the Department of Natural Sciences was added to the Institute and it was renamed the "Institute of Caucasian Studies".

In 1936, after another reorganization, the institute was renamed the "Academician Nikolai Marr Institute of Language, History and Material Culture", to which Ivane Javakhishvili was invited as a permanent consultant.

It was split on May 8, 1941, and two institutes were established on its basis: the Institute of History and the Academician. N. Marr Language Institute. Due to the expansion of archeological and ethnographic works, in 1964 the Institute of History was renamed the "Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography". In 1977, the Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography was separated from the Archaeological Department, which was then established as an independent research center. Since 2006 the institute has been named "Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology".

They worked at the institute at different times: Ekvtime Takaishvili, Giorgi Chubinashvili, Simon Janashia, Giorgi Akhvlediani, Nikoloz Berdzenishvili, Vukol Beridze, Giorgi Nioradze, Akaki Shanidze, Varlam Topuria, Giorgi Tsereteli, Arnold Chikobava, Giorgi Melikishvili, Simon Kaukhchishvili, Vera Bardaveli, Giorgi Chitaia and others. Since its establishment, the institute has been a major center for the study of Georgian history and the life and culture of the Georgian people.