▁polit ically ▁divided ▁among ▁compet ing ▁k ings ▁and ▁princes ▁during ▁V ak hus ht i ' s ▁lifetime . ▁The ▁popular ity ▁of ▁V ak hus ht i ' s ▁t ome ▁is ▁ev iden ced ▁by ▁the ▁many ▁copies ▁made ▁of ▁it , ▁and ▁his ▁narr ative ▁significantly ▁sh aped ▁the ▁way ▁in ▁which ▁subsequent ▁gener ations ▁have ▁conce ived ▁of ▁an ▁all - Ge org ian ▁past . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁major ▁source ▁on ▁the ▁Georg ian ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁and ▁ 1 7 th ▁centuries . ▁ ▁V ak hus ht i ' s ▁works ▁were ▁soon ▁translated ▁into ▁Russian ▁and ▁later ▁into ▁French ▁and ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁guide ▁to ▁many ▁contemporary ▁European ▁sch ol ars ▁and ▁travel ers ▁to ▁C au cas us ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁completed , ▁together ▁with ▁his ▁brother , ▁Prince ▁Bak ar , ▁the ▁printing ▁of ▁the ▁Bible ▁in ▁Georg ian , ▁which ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁only ▁partly ▁done ▁by ▁their ▁father , ▁V ak ht ang ▁VI . ▁He ▁established ▁for ▁that ▁purpose , ▁in ▁his ▁house ▁near ▁Moscow , ▁a ▁printing - press , ▁taught ▁the ▁art ▁of ▁printing ▁to ▁several ▁Georg ian ▁cl erg ymen , ▁and ▁completed ▁the ▁first ▁printed ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁Bible ▁in ▁Georg ian ▁in ▁ 1 7 4 3 . ▁The ▁printing - press ▁was ▁afterwards ▁transferred ▁to ▁Moscow , ▁where ▁several ▁religious ▁works ▁in ▁Georg ian ▁were ▁printed . ▁