Iveria (newspaper)

Founder and editor was the writer and poet Prince Ilia Chavchavadze.

Iveria was an anti-government organ, and wanted to strengthen the national self-consciousness of Georgians against russification and to serve the idea of political independence.

Iveria was thematically diverse, covering the issues of labour movement in Georgia and abroad, history, linguistics, ethnography, geography, sociology and more.

Iveria played a special role in the development of Georgian literature and published for many acclaimed authors.

The newspaper provided rich information to the readers on contemporary foreign literature, collected and published samples of Georgian folk art etc.