Talaveri ( ka, ტალავერი, az, Faxralı) is a village in the

Bolnisi Municipality Bolnisi ( ka, ბოლნისის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Bolnisis munitsip’alit’et’i'') is a municipality in Georgia's southern region of Kvemo Kartli, covering an area of . As of 2021 it had a population of 56 ...

of the

Kvemo Kartli Kvemo Kartli ( ka, ქვემო ქართლი, az, Aşağı Kartli) or "Lower Kartli", is a historic province and current administrative region ( mkhare) in southeastern Georgia. The city of Rustavi is the regional capital. Location Kv ...

region,

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Geographical location

Talaveri is situated in the southwestern part of country, at 560 metres above

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. The distance with the capital city

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is 40 kilometres and with municipality center of

Bolnisi Bolnisi ( ka, ბოლნისი, az, Qəmərli), is a city in the country of Georgia, located in the Kvemo Kartli region and capital of the Bolnisi district. It currently has an estimated 13,800 inhabitants. History Bolnisi was settled ...

town it is 12 kilometres. It is the largest village in the Bolnisi municipality.

Population

According to

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in 2002 its population was 6,889 (12.2% of the

) in 1495 family. Thus an average family had 4.6 children, placing Talaveri above the country's average. Gender structure (males/females) of population is 47:53.Statistic Report of village population of Georgia (in Georgian language)
Such kind of distortion in the gender structure of inhabitants associates with high level of labor emigration form the village since collapse of

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. In accordance with official statistics 99% of inhabitants are

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History

According to archeological findings the village was established in the late middle ages. In the 17th century it grew quickly due to incoming migration from Iran and modern Azerbaijan (Ganja, Gazakh and Karabakh). In 1919 the first secular school was established in the village. During the rule of

Zviad Gamsakhurdia Zviad Konstantines dze Gamsakhurdia ( ka, ზვიად გამსახურდია, tr; russian: Звиа́д Константи́нович Гамсаху́рдия, Zviad Konstantinovich Gamsakhurdiya; 31 March 1939 – 31 December 1 ...

, the village's name was changed to Talaveri, like many toponymes were Georgianized. However the villagers refused to recognise the new name and sent petitions to Georgian presidents to have the renaming decision revoked.

Mosque incident

In September 2009, an incident occurred between representatives of fundamentalist Georgian Orthodox groups and inhabitants on the repairs of a local

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a Place of worship, place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers (sujud) ...

. According to Human Rights Report 2009 of the

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, radical fundamentalist Georgian Orthodox groups blocked the reconstruction of a 1905 mosque. They demanded to see the villagers' construction permit, despite not having the legal right to do so, and threatened them with violence if the construction did not cease. The situation remained unsettled and the mosque repairs unfinished as of the end of the year.United States Department of State
2009 Human Rights Report

References

{{Reflist Populated places in Kvemo Kartli

Geographical location

Population

History

Mosque incident

See also

References