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Patsa (river)
The Patsa is a river located entirely in the International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, partially recognized Caucasus Mountains, Caucasian Republic of South Ossetia, forming a river valley, and being one of the Republic's defining geographic features, as well as providing water for irrigation for the Znaur District, the Republic's bread basket. Geography The river originates in the Racha Range near the Ertso Pass, on the border of Shida Kartli and Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, and runs southwards, concurrently with the Kudar Valley. The Valley is known for its large number of caves and rock structures. Settlements along the river include Kemulta, where the Keshelta (river), Keshelta merges into the Patsa, Kotano, Sokhta and Nazigini, where the Saritata River merges into the Patsa. The river then continues to Bakhuta, Siukata, Ugardanta, Shikhanturi and Fatsa (South Ossetia), Fatsa before it merges into the Liakhvi River at Didi Gupta. History In 1892 a German en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didi Gupta
Didi Chuxing Technology Company is a Chinese vehicle for hire company headquartered in Beijing with over 550 million users and tens of millions of drivers. The company provides app-based transportation services, including Taxicab, taxi hailing, private car hailing, social ride-sharing, and bike sharing; on-demand delivery services; and automobile services, including sales, leasing, financing, maintenance, fleet operation, electric vehicle charging, and co-development of vehicles with automakers. The company is a subsidiary of Xiaoju Kuaizhi Inc. History 2012–2014: founding of Didi Dache In June 2012, following eight years working in Alibaba Group, Alibaba's sales and Alipay divisions, Cheng Wei founded Didi Dache ( zh, labels=no, s=嘀嘀打车), a taxi-hailing app, through Beijing Xiaoju Keji Co. ( zh, labels=no, s=小桔科技; xiaoju meaning "little orange"), which then changed to zh, labels=no, s=滴滴打车. "" means "beep beep" in Mandarin (like a car's horn). The ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racha-Lechkhumi And Kvemo Svaneti
Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti ( ka, რაჭა-ლეჩხუმი და ქვემო სვანეთი, ''Rach’a-Lechkhumi da Kvemo Svaneti'' ) is a region (mkhare) in northwestern Georgia (country), Georgia with a population of 28,500 (2021), making it the most sparsely populated region in the country. It has a nominal area of , of which is ''de facto'' controlled by Georgia. The remainder is effectively under South Ossetian control. The region has Ambrolauri as its administrative center and Parmen Margvelidze is governor of the region since June 2021. Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti includes the historical provinces of Racha, Lechkhumi and Svaneti, Kvemo Svaneti (or Lower Svaneti). Geography Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti is located in the north of Georgia and covers an area of . The eastern tip of the region is ''de facto'' in South Ossetia and is not under Georgian control. This concerns approximately . Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti borders the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the list of largest empires, third-largest empire in history, behind only the British Empire, British and Mongol Empire, Mongol empires. It also Russian colonization of North America, colonized Alaska between 1799 and 1867. The empire's 1897 census, the only one it conducted, found a population of 125.6 million with considerable ethnic, linguistic, religious, and socioeconomic diversity. From the 10th to 17th centuries, the Russians had been ruled by a noble class known as the boyars, above whom was the tsar, an absolute monarch. The groundwork of the Russian Empire was laid by Ivan III (), who greatly expanded his domain, established a centralized Russian national state, and secured inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liakhvi River
The Great Liakhvi ( ''Didi Liakhvi'' , , ''Styr Lewakhi'') is a river in central Georgia, which rises on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range in the de facto independent region of South Ossetia and flows into the Kura (Mtkvari). It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The cities of Tskhinvali
Tskhinvali ( ka, ცხინვალი ) or Tskhinval (, ; , ) is the capital of the disputed ''de facto'' independent Republic of South Ossetia, internationally considered part of ...
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Fatsa (South Ossetia)
Fatsa is a municipality and district of Ordu Province, Turkey. Its area is 363 km2, and its population is 126,775 (2022). It lies on the Black Sea coast. Name The oldest recorded name of the town is Polemonion (, Latinized as Polemonium), after Polemon I of Pontus. A derivative of Polemonion, i.e. Bolaman, is the modern name of the river passing through Fatsa (the river is the ancient ''Sidenus''). The present name, Fatsa, has been influenced by modern Greek Φάτσα or Φάτσα Πόντου (φἀτσα is derived from Italian ''faccia''), which translates as "face or housefront on the sea", but has in fact mutated from Fanizan, the name of the daughter of King Pharnaces II of Pontus, through Fanise, Phadisana (), Phadsane Phatisanê Louis Vivien de Saint-Martin, Description historique et géographique de l'Asie Mineure, comprenant les temps anciens, le moyen age et les temps modernes, avec un précis détaillé des voyages qui ont été faits dans la péninsule, depuis l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shikhanturi
Shikhanturi ( ka, შიხანთური) is a village in northern Georgia. It is located on the right bank of the river Patsa in the Java Municipality, Shida Kartli region. Distance to the municipal center, Java, is 7 km. The village is surrounded by Pine-beech and Beech-fir Firs are evergreen coniferous trees belonging to the genus ''Abies'' () in the family Pinaceae. There are approximately 48–65 extant species, found on mountains throughout much of North and Central America, Eurasia, and North Africa. The genu ... mixed forests. References Mskhlebi Community villages {{Kartli-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakhuta
Bakhuta ( ka, ბახუტა, ) is a highland village in Georgia's Russian-occupied territory of South Ossetia/Tskhinvali Region. It is located on the left bank of the river Patsa, to the south from Java Range, on the western slopes of Raro Mountain in the Java Municipality, Shida Kartli region. Distance to the municipal center, Java, is 20 km. The village is surrounded by fir, spruce-beech Beech (genus ''Fagus'') is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to subtropical (accessory forest element) and temperate (as dominant element of Mesophyte, mesophytic forests) Eurasia and North America. There are 14 accepted ..., and fir-beech mixed forests. References Mskhlebi Community villages {{Kartli-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saritata River
Saritata or Saridtata ( ka, სარიტათა, სარითათა; ; ) is a settlement in the Java district of South Ossetia, Georgia. See also * Dzau district Dzau District ( ka, ჯავის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Javis municip’alit’et’i''; , ''Dzawy rajon''; , ''Dzauskij rajon'') is a district in South Ossetia. Geography Roki Tunnel, Mamison Pass, Transcaucasian Highw ... References Populated places in Dzau District {{SouthOssetia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokhta
Sokhta ( ka, სოხთა; , ''Soxtæ'') is a settlement in the Dzau district of South Ossetia, a region of Georgia whose sovereignty is disputed. The village is located along the Patsa river. See also * Dzau district Dzau District ( ka, ჯავის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Javis municip’alit’et’i''; , ''Dzawy rajon''; , ''Dzauskij rajon'') is a district in South Ossetia. Geography Roki Tunnel, Mamison Pass, Transcaucasian Highw ... References Populated places in Dzau District {{SouthOssetia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
