Shukhuti (
Georgian: ) is a village community near
Lanchkhuti
Lanchkhuti ( ka, ლანჩხუთი) is a city in western Georgian region of Guria. It has a population of about 8,000.
Lanchkhuti received city status in 1961. Under the USSR, it was the centre of the Georgian SSR Lanchkhuti area and today ...
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Guria
Guria ( ka, გურია) is a region ('' mkhare'') in Georgia, in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. The region has a population of 113,000 (2016), with Ozurgeti as the regional capital.
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Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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, which includes the villages of
Zemo Shukhuti and
Kvemo Shukhuti. The area produces limestone, which is used for making lime.
History
The area has been inhabited since antiquity. A
Roman villa
A Roman villa was typically a farmhouse or country house built in the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, sometimes reaching extravagant proportions.
Typology and distribution
Pliny the Elder (23–79 AD) distinguished two kinds of villas ...
with a
bath
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* Bathing, immersion in a fluid
** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body
** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe
* Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities
Plac ...
mosaic
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Shukhuti mosaic
The Shukhuti mosaic ( ka, შუხუთის მოზაიკა, ''shukhutis mozaika'') is a bath mosaic discovered in 1961 at the village of Shukhuti, Guria
Guria ( ka, გურია) is a region (''mkhare'') in Georgia, in the weste ...
, was discovered here during excavations in 1961. The inhabitants have been Christians since the 5th or 6th centuries. A castle was located there at that time. The name "Shukhuti" is first recorded in the 1708 documents. According to tradition, it originated from the Turks, who called this place ''ukhuti'' ("impossible").
In 1855, during the
Crimean War
The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia.
Geopolitical causes of the war included t ...
, the
Battle of Nigoiti
The battle of Nigoiti took place between 20 and 27 May 1854 the village of Nigoiti in Guria during the Crimean war.
Russo-Georgian detachments, under the command of Ivane Andronikashvili, met an invading Ottoman force that had crossed the C ...
() was fought nearby between the Russian and Ottoman forces.
Lelo
Shukhutis play a type of
rugby, called ''Lelo'' every Easter to commemorate the battle. The
President of Georgia
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* President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
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* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese f ...
visited the village in 2012 to watch the game.
See also
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Shukhuti mosaic
The Shukhuti mosaic ( ka, შუხუთის მოზაიკა, ''shukhutis mozaika'') is a bath mosaic discovered in 1961 at the village of Shukhuti, Guria
Guria ( ka, გურია) is a region (''mkhare'') in Georgia, in the weste ...
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Guria
Guria ( ka, გურია) is a region ('' mkhare'') in Georgia, in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. The region has a population of 113,000 (2016), with Ozurgeti as the regional capital.
Geograph ...
References
External links
Reports from shukhuti
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Populated places in Lanchkhuti Municipality