Making of a Caucasian Frontier Society in Modern times-Featuring the lives of Enikolopians "The Language Box"

本研究以17-19世纪的古希腊家庭生活为特征。一位居住在第比利斯的亚美尼亚裔格鲁吉亚贵族拥有多语言能力的传统技能，并为格鲁吉亚国王担任抄写员和外交官。在19世纪，这个家族和他们的亲戚产生了像马努切尔汗高尔基（伊朗卡扎尔）和米哈伊尔洛里斯=梅利科夫（俄罗斯帝国）这样有影响力的帝国精英。他们的成就和矛盾的身份，清楚地反映了帝国之间向现代国家过渡时期高加索边疆社会的地域特征。

This study features the lives of Enikolopian family in 17-19^<th> centuries. A Georgian noble of Armenian origin based in Tbilisi possessed a traditional skill of multi-lingual capacity and served Georgian kings as scribes and diplomats. In 19^<th> century the family and their relatives produced such influential imperial elites like Manuchehr Khan Gorji(Qajar Iran) and Mikhail Loris=Melikov(Russian Empire). Their achievements and their ambivalent identities clearly reflect the regional features of the Caucasian frontier society between empires in the transitional period towards modern nation.