Martvili ( ka, მარტვილი) is a small town in

Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti ( Georgian: სამეგრელო-ზემო სვანეთი ) is a region (Mkhare) in western Georgia with a population of 308,358 (2021) and a surface of . The region has Zugdidi as its administrative center ...

province of Western

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. Its monastery was Samegrelo's clerical centre in the

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. Under

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rule, from 1936 to 1990, it was named Gegechkori after Sasha Gegechkori, an

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References

Cities and towns in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Kutaisi Governorate {{Georgia-geo-stub