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Mna (village)
Mna ( ka, მნა) is a village in the Truso Gorge, part of the historical region of Khevi, north-eastern Georgia. It is located on the left bank of the Tergi tributary river – Mnaisistskali. Administratively, it is part of the Kazbegi Municipality in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region, known as ''mkhare'' in Georgia. Distance to the municipality center Stepantsminda is . Sources * ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( ka, ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, tr, ქსე) is the first universal encyclopedia in the Georgian language, printed in Tbilisi from 1965, the editor ...'', V. 7, p. 52, Tbilisi, 1984 year. References {{Georgia-geo-stub Kobi Community villages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region on the coast of the Black Sea. It is located at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia, and is today generally regarded as part of Europe. It is bordered to the north and northeast by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. Georgia covers an area of . It has a Demographics of Georgia (country), population of 3.7 million, of which over a third live in the capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city, Tbilisi. Ethnic Georgians, who are native to the region, constitute a majority of the country's population and are its titular nation. Georgia has been inhabited since prehistory, hosting the world's earliest known sites of winemaking, gold mining, and textiles. The Classical antiquity, classical era saw the emergence of several kingdoms, such as Colchis and Kingdom of Iberia, Iberia, that formed the nucleus of the modern Georgian state. In the early fourth centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mkhare
A ''mkhare'' ( ka, მხარე, ''mxare'') is a type of administrative division in the country of Georgia (country), Georgia. It is usually translated into English as "region". According to presidential decrees issued in 1994 and 1996, Georgia's division into regions is on a provisional basis until the secessionist conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia are resolved. The regional administration is headed by a state commissioner (სახელმწიფო რწმუნებული, ''Saxelmćipo Rćmunebuli'', usually translated as "governor"), an official appointed by the President of Georgia, president. The regions are further subdivided into ''List of municipalities in Georgia (country), municipalities''. There are nine regions in Georgia (see also map opposite): See also * Administrative divisions of Georgia (country), Administrative divisions of Georgia References {{Authority control Regions of Georgia (country), Types of administrative divis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mtskheta-Mtianeti
Mtskheta-Mtianeti ( ka, მცხეთა-მთიანეთი, literally "Mtskheta-Mountain Area") is a region (Mkhare) in eastern Georgia comprising the town of Mtskheta, which serves as a regional capital, together with its district and the adjoining mountainous areas. The western part of the region, namely the entire Akhalgori Municipality, is controlled by breakaway South Ossetia since the 2008 Russo-Georgian War. Administrative divisions The Mtskheta-Mtianeti region officially comprises five municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ..., yet only four are effectively under Georgian authority: See also * Subdivisions of Georgia Notes References External links The Regional Administration of Mtskheta-Mtianeti website Regions of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities In Georgia (country)
A municipality is a subdivision of Georgia, consisting of a settlement or 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. 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 Georgia's control. After the Russo-Georgian War of 2008, Georgia treats these municipalities as parts of its Occupied territories (Georgia), occupied territories. The former districts not under G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazbegi Municipality
Kazbegi ( ka, ყაზბეგის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of Georgia, in the region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti in east-north Georgia. The main settlement is Stepantsminda, accounting for about half of the total population. Kazbegi Municipality is situated in the upper valley of the Terek River, which goes on to traverse the Georgia–Russia border to the north and eventually drains into the Caspian Sea in Dagestan, Russian Federation. By the conventional definition of the Europe-Asia boundary as following the watershed of the Greater Caucasus, Kazbegi Municipality is geographically a European part of Georgia. Landmarks Kazbegi Municipality is known for its scenic location in the Greater Caucasus mountains, and it is a center for trekkers and mountain climbing Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Time
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Georgia Time (GET) is a time zone used in Georgia and it is uniform throughout the country. It moved from zone UTC+04:00 to UTC+03:00 on 27 June 2004, then back to UTC+04:00 on 27 March 2005. Georgia has not observed daylight saving time since 2004. The IANA time zone database contains one zone for Georgia in the file zone.tab, named after Georgian capital city, Tbilisi.Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), tz database: Retrieved 20 May 2021. In Georgia, it is called the Tbilisi Time (). Notes References Georgia Culture of Georgia (country) Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truso Gorge
The Truso Gorge or Tyrsy gorge is a high-altitude U-shaped valley, trough valley in northeastern Georgia (Country), Georgia, located in the Kazbegi Municipality and is part of the historical Khevi region. It contains Georgian cultural and historical heritage. The valley is part of the Kazbegi National Park and is the source of the Terek (river), Terek river. The republic of South Ossetia, as well as the republic of North Ossetia claim the valley as "historically eastern Ossetian people, Ossetian lands." Geography The Truso gorge is located between the Caucasus and Khokh Ranges in the Kazbegi region of Georgia, and borders the Russian autonomous republic of North Ossetia to the north. The source of the Terek (river), Terek river is located in the gorge. Settlements In 1771, the Baltic German explorer Johann Anton Güldenstädt called Truso the Ossetian province of Tirsau, and noted that 13 villages were located in it. Truso Gorge was home to 19 villages, however, as a result of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khevi
Khevi ( ka, ხევი) is a small historical-geographic area in northeastern Georgia. It is included in the modern-day Kazbegi district, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region ( mkhare). Located on the northern slopes of the Greater Caucasus mountains, it comprises three gorges of the rivers Truso, Tergi ( Terek) and Snostsq’ali. The landscape of Khevi is dominated by alpine meadows dotted with rhododendron, mountain passes and waterfalls, and the Mount Kazbek (locally known as Mkinvartsveri, i.e. “ice-capped”), a dormant 5047-meter high volcano. The area is a popular tourist destination. It is a part of the projected Khevi-Aragvi Biosphere Reserve. Among the important cultural sites of Khevi are the Gergeti Trinity Church (fourteenth century), Garbani Church (ninth to tenth century), Sioni Basilica (ninth century) and castle, Betlemi Monastery Complex (ninth to tenth century), and Sno fortress. The name of this province, literally meaning "a gorge", comes from the ancient a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terek (river)
The Terek () is a major river in the Northern Caucasus. It originates in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia and flows through North Caucasus region of Russia into the Caspian Sea. It rises near the juncture of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and the Khokh Range, to the southwest of Mount Kazbek, winding north in a white torrent between the town of Stepantsminda and the village of Gergeti toward the Russian region North Ossetia and the city of Vladikavkaz. It turns east to flow through Chechnya and Dagestan before dividing into two branches which empty into the Caspian Sea. Below the city of Kizlyar it forms a swampy river delta around wide. The river is a key natural asset in the region, providing irrigation and hydroelectric power in its upper reaches. The main cities on the Terek include Vladikavkaz, Mozdok, and Kizlyar. Several minor hydroelectric power stations dam the Terek: Dzau electrostation (in Vladikavkaz), Bekanskaya, and Pavlodolskaya. The constru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mkhare
A ''mkhare'' ( ka, მხარე, ''mxare'') is a type of administrative division in the country of Georgia (country), Georgia. It is usually translated into English as "region". According to presidential decrees issued in 1994 and 1996, Georgia's division into regions is on a provisional basis until the secessionist conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia are resolved. The regional administration is headed by a state commissioner (სახელმწიფო რწმუნებული, ''Saxelmćipo Rćmunebuli'', usually translated as "governor"), an official appointed by the President of Georgia, president. The regions are further subdivided into ''List of municipalities in Georgia (country), municipalities''. There are nine regions in Georgia (see also map opposite): See also * Administrative divisions of Georgia (country), Administrative divisions of Georgia References {{Authority control Regions of Georgia (country), Types of administrative divis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepantsminda
Stepantsminda ( ka, სტეფანწმინდა; formerly Kazbegi, ) is a townlet in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of north-eastern Georgia. Historically and ethnographically, the town is part of the Khevi province. It is the center of the Kazbegi Municipality. Etymology Stepantsminda was named after a Georgian Orthodox monk named Stephan, who constructed a hermitage at this location, as well as advising people to relocate a little bit south in order to avoid the effect of regular snow avalanche. Geography and climate The town is located along the banks of the Terek River, to the north of Tbilisi at an elevation of 1,740 meters (5,710 feet) above sea level. Stepantsminda’s climate is moderately humid with relatively dry, cold winters and long and cool summers. The average annual temperature is 4.9 degrees Celsius. January is the coldest month with an average temperature of -5.2 degrees Celsius while July is the warmest month with an average temperature of 14.4 degrees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( ka, ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, tr, ქსე) is the first universal encyclopedia in the Georgian language, printed in Tbilisi from 1965, the editor in chief of which was Irakli Abashidze. The encyclopedia consists of 11 alphabetic volumes and a 12th exclusively dedicated to the Georgian SSR, printed in both Georgian and Russian. Sources * R. Metreveli, ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia'', X, p. 483, Tbilisi, 1986 See also * ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; , ''BSE'') is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Great Russian Enc ...'' Soviet encyclopedias Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgian-language encyclopedias 20th-century encyclopedias {{Encyclopedia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
