Kartvelophile Explained

A Kartvelophile (Georgian: ქართველოფილი) is a person who is fond of, admires or loves Georgian culture, Georgian history, Georgian language, Georgian cuisine, Georgian people or Georgia in general or even exhibits Georgian nationalism in spite of not being an ethnic Georgian. Such love of Georgia and everything Georgian is called "Kartvelophilia". Its opposite is Kartvelophobia.

Typical interests

• Georgian wine
• Georgian cuisine
• Georgian language
• Georgian literature
• Georgian scripts
• Georgian calligraphy

Notable Kartvelophiles

• Lyn Coffin
• Francis Ford Coppola^[1]
• Victoria Lopyreva^[2]
• Michael McFaul^[3]
• Simon Sebag Montefiore
• Eldar Ryazanov^[4]
• Anastasia Zavorotnyuk^[5]

See also

• Russophilia
• Persophilia

Notes and References

1. http://feminomics.ru/kultura/cinema/frensis-ford-koppola-lyubit-gruzinskuyu-kuhnyu-i-ne-lyubit-3D Фрэнсис Форд Коппола любит грузинскую кухню и не любит 3D
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyeDf5WcWLM ГЕНАЦВАЛЕ. Виктория Лопырёва
3. https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/08/13/the_georgia_syndrome?page=0,1 The Georgia Syndrome
4. Web site: Эльдар Рязанов: «Я люблю Грузию» . 2013-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091645/http://vesti.az/news/58134 . 2016-03-04 . dead .
5. http://miss.by.ua/news_of_establishments/532 Звезды шоу бизнеса любят грузинскую кухню!