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ORTOGRAPHYC DICTIONARY of GEOGRAPHIC NAMES of the SOVIET UNION
Was edited by the Chief Editorial Board of Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia in 1987, was prepared by Institute of Linguistics of Georgian National Academy of Sciences.
Editorial council: I. Abashidze, (chairman), A. Kobakhidze, K. Lomtatidze, A. Sakvarelidze, Ts. Tsertsvadze, M. Chabashvili.
The aim of the dictionary is adoption of the correct spelling of geographic names in Georgian. The publication is intended for geographers, cartographers, teachers, journalists and interested in the wide circle of readers.
The edition contains the names of the major geographic objects and administrative-territorial units (about 9.300 ones).
The edition was prepared by the transcription group under the guidance of I. Gigineishvili, M. Chabashvili and K. Gigineishvili.