Shota Rustaveli is a great Georgian poet and thinker of the XIIth century.
He remained in the memories of the ancestors thanks to the magnificent poem about love and courage «Vityaz v tigrovoi shkure» («The Knight in the Tiger's Skin»), the lines from which are carved on the sides of the monument: «Having conquered evil, the good will reign this world forever» and «Who doesn't search for friends makes a foe to self».
The poem has been translated into many languages.
Such great poets as Konstantin Balmont and Nikolay Zabolotsky translated it into Russian.