Claim: The Orbeli family includes a law teacher in Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, a Moscow school specializing in orientalism, and a famous psychiatrist in Tbilisi.
Evidence: Another grandfather was a law teacher in Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages. David Orbeli is uncle of scientists was a famous psychiatrist in Tbilisi. The Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, (Armenian: Արևելյան լեզուների Լազարյան ինստիտուտ) established in 1815, was a Moscow school specializing in orientalism, particularly that of Armenia, and the cultural center of the Armenian diaspora in Russia.