`irmigali~ – galaktion tabiZis enigmaturi leqsema
“Irmigal” – the Enigmatic Lexeme by Galaktion Tabidze

Summary/Abstract: In the poem, On The Balcony (1922) by Galaktion Tabidze is mentioned an unknownlexeme Irmigal. It significance is not defined in the academic notes of the Twelve-Volume Works by the poet. The desirable results were not obtained from the search of thevarious encyclopaedias, specific dictionaries or the internet.The detailed observation of the poet’s archive, poem autographs and prosaic recordsrevealed new interesting facts about Irmigal. Relying on these material and with thehelp of the historical-literary realis the following have been discovered:1. In Georgia, in the beginning of XX century alongside the other literary discussinggroups had to be a literary group named Irmigal about which there is no informationexcept the sole record by G. Tabidze. According to this record, these “senseless” literarydiscussing groups, among them the Irmigal, were subjected to the severe critic from theBolsheviks. This fact brings in a completely new feature in the biography of the great poetand generally in the literary life of the 20s of the previous century...

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