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Ketevan
Ketevan ( ka, ქეთევანი) is a Georgian feminine given name. It is sometimes used as a Georgian form of Katherine but, in terms of their etymology, the two names aren't related as Katherine has origins in the Greek language while Ketevan has origins in the Georgian language. Diminutives of Ketevan include Kato, Keti, Keta, Ketato, Keto and Ketino, with Keti popular in English-speaking populations, likely due to its pronunciation and spelling being similar to Katie, and Kato and Keto popular among Georgians in Russia. The name was in common use for Georgian royalty and batonishvili. Forms * Ketevan (Georgian) * Kéthévane, Kethevan, Kethevane, Khétévane (French) * Ketewan (German) People Academics * Ketevan Lomtatidze (1911–2007), Georgian caucasologist Arts and entertainment * Ketevan "Keti" Khitiri (born 1982), Georgian actress * Ketevan Magalashvili (1894-1973), Georgian painter * Ketevan "Katie" Melua (born 1984), Georgian-born British singe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketevan The Martyr
Ketevan the Martyr ( ka, ქეთევან წამებული, tr) (c. 1560 – September 13, 1624) was a queen consort of Kakheti, a kingdom in eastern Georgia. She was regent of Kakheti during the minority of her son Teimuraz I of Kakheti from 1605 to 1614. She was killed at Shiraz, Iran, after prolonged tortures by the Safavid suzerains of Kakheti for refusing to give up the Christian faith and convert to Islam. She has been canonized as a saint by the Georgian Orthodox Church. Life Ketevan was born to Prince Ashotan of Mukhrani ( Bagrationi) and married Prince David of Kakheti, the future David I, king of Kakheti from 1601 to 1602. After David's death, she engaged in religious building and charity. However, when David's brother Constantine I killed his reigning father, Alexander II, and usurped the crown with the Safavid Iranian support in 1605, Ketevan rallied the Kakhetian nobles against the patricide and routed Constantine's loyal force. The usurper di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketevan Of Kakheti (1648–1719)
Ketevan ( ka, ქეთევანი; 1648 – 16 April 1719) was a princess (''batonishvili'') of the royal house of Kakheti, a kingdom in eastern Georgia. She was a daughter of Prince David of Kakheti and, by virtue of her marriages to Bagrat IV and Archil, a queen consort of Imereti, a kingdom in western Georgia (1660–1661, 1678–1679, 1690–1691, 1695–1696, and 1698), and of Kakheti (1668–75). In 1684 she accompanied her husband Archil in exile in Russia, where she was known as Tsaritsa Catherine of Imereti (russian: Екатерина Давыдовна Имеретинская, ''Ekaterina Davydovna Imeretinskaya''). She died in Moscow at the age of 71. Early life and first marriage Ketevan was a daughter of Crown Prince David of Kakheti and his wife, Elene Diasamidze. She was a granddaughter of King Teimuraz I of Kakheti on her father's side and grandniece of the catholicos of the Georgian Orthodox Church Eudemus I on her mother's side. Her father was killed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Melua
Ketevan Katie Melua (; ka, ქეთევან "ქეთი" მელუა, ; born 16 September 1984) is a Georgian and British singer and songwriter. She was born in Kutaisi and raised in Belfast and London. Under the management of composer Mike Batt, she is signed to the small Dramatico record label. She made her musical debut in 2003 and within three years, she was the United Kingdom's best-selling female artist as well as Europe's highest selling European female artist. In November 2003, Melua released her first album, ''Call Off the Search'', which reached the top of the United Kingdom album charts and sold 1.8 million copies in its first five months of release. Her second album, '' Piece by Piece'', was released in September 2005, and has gone platinum (one million units sold) four times. She released her third studio album ''Pictures'' in October 2007. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2008, Melua had amassed fortune of £18 million, making h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketevan Magalashvili
Ketevan Konstantines asuli Magalashvili ( ka, ქეთევან კონსტანტინესასული მაღალაშვილი; 19 April 1894 – 30 May 1973) was a Georgian and Soviet painter and art conservator. Biography A native of Kutaisi, Magalashvili began her studies at the School of the Caucasian Society of Fine Arts, moving to Moscow in 1915 to study at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where her instructors included Konstantin Korovin and Nikolay Kasatkin. She returned to Georgia in 1917; in 1921 she began working at the library of the National Gallery in Tbilisi, where Dimitri Shevardnadze became a supporter. She traveled to Paris in 1923, enrolling at the Académie Colarossi and remaining there until 1926. In Paris she moved in the same circles as Elene Akhvlediani, Lado Gudiashvili, and David Kakabadze, studying contemporary French art and developing her technique. Returning once again to Georgia, she became a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketevan Tsikhelashvili
250px, Ketevan Tsikhelashvili Ketevan Tsikhelashvili ( ka, ქეთევან ციხელაშვილი; 21 August 1978) was the State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality in Georgia from 2016 to 2020. In 2020 she became an ambassador to Austria Biography Ketevan was born in 1978. She worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Research and Analysis Center from 1998 to 1999. She completed her Bachelor of Arts from the Tbilisi State University in International relations in 1999. In 2000 she completed her Masters of Art from the Central European University in International Relations and European Studies. In 2001 she worked at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly as a research assistant. She worked in the State Minister for Conflict Resolution Office from 2004 to 2006. She founded the Pro-European integration think tank Liberal Academy Tbilisi in 2006. She worked as a Coordinator of Projects at the German Friedrich Naumann Foundation. She joined Ilia State University as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (née Arakhamia) is a Georgian (former Soviet Union)-born Scottish Grandmaster of chess. Chess career In 1985, she won the World Junior Chess Championship for Girls, held in Dobrna (and taking silver in Adelaide three years later). Very soon thereafter, she fulfilled the criteria for the Woman International Master title and this was awarded in 1986. Encouraged by these early successes, she quickly developed aspirations to become a Women's World Championship contender and in the course of the qualification cycles of the late eighties and early nineties, proved that she had the ability to compete at the top level. Second place behind Nana Ioseliani in her first Interzonal at Tuzla 1987 was an inspirational start, but she won the 1993 event in Jakarta and the 1995 event in Kishinev. Her performances in the respective Candidates Tournaments ruled out an opportunity to play for the world title. She won the Women's Soviet Chess Championship in 1990. Asid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketevan Arbolishvili
Ketevan Arbolishvili (born 5 August 2003) is a former Georgian rhythmic gymnast. She represented her country at international competitions. She announced her retirement via aInstagram poston 15th of April 2024. Career Junior Arbolishvili debuted at the 2016 European Championships in Holon, where she competed with rope and ball, ending 32nd and 25th respectively. She was also 11th in the team competition. In 2018 she competed at the European Championships in Guadalajara. She was 9th in the all-around, 25th with hoop, 41st with ball, 27th with clubs and 14th with ribbon. In October, she represented Georgia at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, where she was 10th in the all-around. Senior 2019 season Arbolishvili began her senior career by competing in two World Cups, Baku and Minsk. In Baku, she was 57th in the all-around, 69th with hoop, 57th with ball, 49th with clubs and 15th with ribbon. In Minsk, she ended 41st in the all-aound, 31st with hoop, 44th with ball, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Ketevan Of Kakheti
Ketevan ( ka, ქეთევანი, fa, کتایون, translit=Katāyūn; ) was a Georgian princess royal (''batonishvili'') of the Bagrationi dynasty. She was a daughter of Teimuraz II and sister of Heraclius II and married the Afsharid Iranian royal Adil Shah (Ali-qoli Khan) in 1737. Ketevan was the eldest daughter of Teimuraz, of the royal house of Kakheti, by his second wife, Princess Tamar of Kartli. Teimuraz, then at war to secure his throne, was summoned by his suzerain Nader Shah, the Afsharid ruler of Iran, in 1737. In a show of loyalty, Teimuraz had to agree on Nader's terms, which included the marriage of Teimuraz's daughter Ketevan to Nader's nephew Ali-qoli Khan and summoning his son Heraclius to join Nader's campaign to India, the deal which Teimuraz would lament in his autobiographical poem. The marriage was celebrated at Mashhad, attended by Teimuraz and his entourage of 2,500. Ketevan's subsequent fate is unknown. Her husband, Ali-qoli Khan, maintained frie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keti Khitiri
Ketevan (Keti) Khitiri ( ka, ქეთევან (ქეთი) ხიტირი) (born May 20, 1982 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian actress. She is based at the Shota Rustaveli Dramatic Theater in Tbilisi since 2005. Biography Ketevan (Keti) Khitiri was born in Tbilisi, (Georgia). In 1999 she graduated from Tbilisi First Experimental Public School. The same year she was admitted to the Drama Faculty of the Theatre and Film Georgian State University. Her talent was already noticed and appreciated when she still was a student: in 2002 Ketevan Khitiri has been awarded the prize of "The Best Actress of the Year" for her interpretation of Mary Warren in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, dedicated to the Salem witch trials and directed by Dimitri Khvtisiashvili. In 2003 Keti graduated from the Theatre and Film Georgian State University. In 2005 she became an actress of the most celebrated Georgian academic theatre: Shota Rustaveli Dramatic Theater. The same year the Georgian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David I Of Kakheti
David I ( ka, დავით I) (1569 – 21 October 1602), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from October 1601 until his death in October 1602. Life David was a son of Alexander II of Kakheti by his wife Tinatin Amilakhvari. In mid-1601, he capitalized on the illness of his father and gained an effective control of the government, sidelining his younger brother George. When Alexander recovered, David refused to relinquish his powers and forced his father into abdication in October 1601. David was crowned king of Kakheti, but his brother, George, masterminded a plot which quickly collapsed and led to repressions. David had George imprisoned while seventeen of his supporters were executed. David’s foreign policy was a continuation of his father’s line. In 1602, he received a Russian embassy and reaffirmed his loyalty to the tsar. He then marched against Nugzar, the defiant lord of the Aragvi and forced him into submission. David suddenl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keto Losaberidze
Ketevan "Keto" Losaberidze ( ka, ქეთევან ლოსაბერიძე, 1 August 1949 – 23 January 2022) was a Georgian archer. Career She competed for the Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ... at the 1972 and 1980 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1980, becoming the only Soviet Olympic champion in archery. She placed fourth in 1972. Between 1971 and 1981 she won two world, four European and two Soviet titles. She was chosen as the Georgian sportsman of the year 1980 and placed fourth in the vote for the Georgian sportswoman of the 20th century. After retiring from competitions she worked as a professor of mathematics at the Tbilisi State University and from 2002 to 2005 headed the Georgian Archery Federation. She died on 23 January 2022, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketevan Lomtatidze
Ketevan Lomtatidze ( ka, ქეთევან ლომთათიძე; February 11, 1911 – September 22, 2007) was a Georgian linguist ( Caucasiologist), specialist in Kartvelian and Abkhaz studies. Life In 1931, she graduated from the department of philology of the Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ''Ivane Javaxishvi ..., specializing in Abkhaz and Abaza language. Some authors regard her as the greatest researcher of these two languages. She was the first woman to acquire a Doctor of Science degree in Georgia (1945). From 1953 to 1963 and from 1975 to 1987 she worked as the Director of the Institute of Linguistics of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR. In 1984, she was awarded the ''Dmitry Gulia State Prize of Abkhazia''. Throughout her aca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
