Akhvlediani was born on 13 April 1887 in the village of
Derchi of
Tsqaltubo Municipality. In 1910 he was enrolled at the historical-philological faculty of
Kharkov University, where he received fundamental education in
Indo-European linguistics and
classical philology. In 1915 Akhvlediani continued his studies at the chair of comparative Indo-European linguistics of
Kharkov University, preparing for
professorship. Soon he was sent to
Petrograd University where he attended the lectures of such prominent scholars as
Nikolai Marr,
Carl Salemann,
Fyodor Shcherbatskoy,
Lev Shcherba and others. At the newly founded
Tbilisi University Akhvlediani pioneered the teaching of such disciplines as general linguistics and phonetics. As a scholar of wide education Akhvlediani lectured in diverse fields of linguistics, namely, introductory and general courses of linguistics, history of linguistic theories, general phonetics,
Sanskrit,
Greek, history and dialectology of the
Russian language, and comparative grammar of
Indo-European languages. Akhvlediani was decorated with the
Order of Lenin, the
Order of the Red Banner of Labour, the
Badge of Honour, the
Order of the October Revolution and with medals. == References ==