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Chkvishi
Chkvishi ( ka, ჭყვიში) is a village in the Vani Municipality, Imereti Region, Georgia first mentioned in the 16th century. The Galaktion and Titsian Tabidze House Museum is located in the village. Population As of the 2014 national census, Chkvishi had a population of 376, almost entirely Georgians. Notable residents *Galaktion Tabidze, poet born in Chkvishi *Titsian Tabidze Titsian Tabidze ( ka, ტიციან ტაბიძე, simply referred to as Titsiani; ka, ტიციანი) (16 December 1937), was a Georgian poet and one of the leaders of the Georgian symbolist movement. He fell victim to Joseph S ..., poet born in Chkvishi {{Reflist Populated places in Vani Municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galaktion And Titsian Tabidze House Museum
The Galaktion and Titsian Tabidze House Museum ( ka, და ტიციან ტაბიძეების სახლ-მუზეუმი) is a museum in the town of Chkvishi of Vani district in Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to t ..., and was opened in 1983. The museum is located on a plot of 3 hectares. With 450 m² of permanent exhibition, periodic exhibitions in a 30 m² room, a 30 m² warehouse and a conference room. It was founded in 1966. Exhibitions The museum has two exhibition buildings and the historic houses of Georgian poets, natives of this city, Galaktion (1892-1959) and Titsian Tabidze (1895-1937). It houses commemorative objects of both poets, old printed books from Galaktion's father's library, ceramics, embroidery samples and work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vani Municipality
Vani ( ka, ვანის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a municipality of Georgia (country), Georgia, in the region of Imereti. Its main town is Vani. Geography In 1930 it was separated into a separate district. Located in the extreme southwestern part of Imereti. The municipality is bordered by Baghdati Municipality, Baghdati, Samtredia Municipality, Samtredia, Tsqaltubo Municipality, Tskaltubo, Adigeni Municipality, Adigeni and Chokhatauri Municipality, Chokhatauri municipalities. The main units of relief are the northern slopes of the Meskheti Range, the Imereti lowlands and the hilly foothills of the transitional southern Imereti. The northern part is occupied by the Imereti plain. The Rioni River runs north of the municipality. Rivers flow in the territory of Van: Sulori, Kumuri and others. The rivers have their headwaters on the northern slope of the Meskheti Range, above sea level. Economy The leading sector of the economy is agriculture. The lands occupy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galaktion Tabidze
Galaktion Tabidze ( ka, გალაკტიონ ტაბიძე), simply referred to as Galaktioni ( ka, გალაკტიონი),(November 17, 1892 – March 17, 1959), was a Georgian poet of the twentieth century whose writings profoundly influenced all subsequent generations of Georgian poets. He survived Joseph Stalin's Great Purge of the 1930s, which claimed the lives of many of his fellow writers, friends and relatives, but came under heavy pressure from the Soviet authorities. Those years plunged him into depression and alcoholism. He was placed in a psychiatric hospital in Tbilisi, where he committed suicide. Biography Galaktion Tabidze was born in the village Chqvishi near Vani, western Georgia (then part of Imperial Russia). His father, local teacher Vasil Tabidze, died two months before Galaktion was born. From 1900 to 1910, he studied at the seminaries of Kutaisi and Tbilisi, and later worked as a teacher. Although his very first book, influenced b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titsian Tabidze
Titsian Tabidze ( ka, ტიციან ტაბიძე, simply referred to as Titsiani; ka, ტიციანი) (16 December 1937), was a Georgian poet and one of the leaders of the Georgian symbolist movement. He fell victim to Joseph Stalin's Great Purge, was arrested and executed on trumped-up charges of treason. Tabidze was a close friend of the well-known Russian writer Boris Pasternak, who translated his poetry into Russian. Early life Tabidze was the son of a Georgian Orthodox priest in the province of Imereti, western Georgia, then part of Kutais Governorate, Imperial Russia. Educated at the University of Moscow, he returned to Georgia to become one of the cofounders and main ideologues of the Blue Horns, a coterie of young Georgian symbolists founded in 1916. Later, Tabidze's work combined European and Asian trends into eclectic poetry which significantly leaned towards Futurism and Dadaism, while also paying tribute to the classics of Georgian literature, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countries Of The World
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a special political status (2 states, both in free association with New Zealand). Compiling a list such as this can be a complicated and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions Of Georgia (country)
The subdivisions of Georgia are autonomous republics ( ka, ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა, ''avtonomiuri respublika''), regions (მხარე, '' mkhare''), and municipalities (მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''munits'ipaliteti''). Georgia is a unitary state, whose borders are defined by the law as corresponding to the situation of 21 December 1991. It includes two autonomous republics ( ka, ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა, ''avtonomiuri respublika''), those of Adjara and Abkhazia, the latter being outside Georgia's effective control. The former Soviet-era autonomous entity of South Ossetia is also not currently under Georgia's '' de facto'' jurisdiction, and has no final defined constitutional status in Georgia's territorial arrangement. The territory of Georgia is currently subdivided into a total of 69 municipalities of which 5 are self-governing cities (ქალაქი, ''k'alak'i'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imereti
Imereti ( Georgian: იმერეთი) is a region of Georgia situated in the central-western part of the republic along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni River. Imereti is the most populous region in Georgia. It consists of 11 municipalities and the city of Kutaisi, which is the capital of the region. Subdivisions The Imereti region has one self governing city (Kutaisi) and 11 municipalities with 163 administrative communities (temi), totalling to 549 populated settlements: * Eleven cities: Baghdati, Chiatura, Khoni, Kutaisi, Sachkhere, Samtredia, Terjola, Tqibuli, Tsqaltubo, Vani and Zestafoni; * Three dabas: Kharagauli, Kulashi and Shorapani (; * Villages: 535 Economy Aside from the capital Kutaisi, significant towns and regional centres include Samtredia, Chiatura (manganese production centre), Tkibuli ( coal mining centre), Zestafoni (known for metals production), Vani, Khoni, and Sachkhere. Traditionally, Imereti is an agricultural region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Georgia (country)
A municipality ( ka, მუნიციპალიტეტი, tr) is a subdivision of Georgia, consisting of a settlement or a group of settlements (community, თემი, ''temi''), which enjoy local self-government. A total of 69 municipalities are registered as of January 2019. Five municipalities are entirely located in breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and are effectively not governed by Tbilisi. The remaining 64 are divided over five self-governing cities (ქალაქი, ''kalaki'') and 59 self-governing communities. Municipalities can be subdivided into administrative units, referred to as a community (თემი, ''temi''). Background The municipalities were first established in 2006. Most of them were successors to the earlier subdivisions, known as ''raioni'' (რაიონი), "districts". In addition, new municipalities were formed to govern those settlements in the disputed entities of Abkhazia and South Ossetia that at the time remained under Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia (country)
Georgia (, ; ) is a transcontinental country at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, by Russia to the north and northeast, by Turkey to the southwest, by Armenia to the south, and by Azerbaijan to the southeast. The country covers an area of , and has a population of 3.7 million people. Tbilisi is its capital as well as its largest city, home to roughly a third of the Georgian population. During the classical era, several independent kingdoms became established in what is now Georgia, such as Colchis and Iberia. In the early 4th century, ethnic Georgians officially adopted Christianity, which contributed to the spiritual and political unification of the early Georgian states. In the Middle Ages, the unified Kingdom of Georgia emerged and reached its Golden Age during the reign of King David IV and Queen Tamar in the 12th and early 13th centuries. Thereafter, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgians
The Georgians, or Kartvelians (; ka, ქართველები, tr, ), are a nation and indigenous Caucasian ethnic group native to Georgia and the South Caucasus. Georgian diaspora communities are also present throughout Russia, Turkey, Greece, Iran, Ukraine, United States, and European Union. Georgians arose from Colchian and Iberian civilizations of classical antiquity; Colchis was interconnected with the Hellenic world, whereas Iberia was influenced by the Achaemenid Empire until Alexander the Great conquered it. In the 4th century, the Georgians became one of the first to embrace Christianity and now the majority of Georgians are Orthodox Christians, with most following their national autocephalous Georgian Orthodox Church, although there are small Georgian Catholic and Muslim communities as well as a significant number of irreligious Georgians. Located in the Caucasus, on the continental crossroads of Europe and Asia, the High Middle Ages saw Georgian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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