Tsinarekhi ( Georgian: წინარეხი) is a small village located in eastern Georgia in the

Kaspi Municipality Kaspi ( ka, კასპის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of Georgia, in the region of Shida Kartli. Given a ''District'' status within Transcaucasian SFSR in 1930. District center is Kaspi. Geography The distric ...

of the

Shida Kartli Shida Kartli ( ka, შიდა ქართლი, , ; "Inner Kartli") is a landlocked administrative region (''Mkhare'') in eastern Georgia. It comprises a central part of the historical-geographic province of Shida Kartli. With an area of , Sh ...

region in

Georgia (country) Georgia (, ; ) is a transcontinental country at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, by Russia to the north and northeast, by Turkey to the so ...

, Tsinarekhi is located 10 km south of the town of

Kaspi Kaspi ( ka, კასპი) is a town in central Georgia on the Mtkvari River. It is a center of Kaspi district, one of the four districts in Shida Kartli region. Founded in the early Middle Ages, the town turned into possession of the Amilakhv ...

. The surrounding villages and communities are Gomisjvari, Telatgori, Idleti, Lavriskhevi. Tsinarekhi is located on the banks of the Kavturi River (the right tributary of Mtkvari). It is 720 meters above sea level and 32 km from

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

Community

The village and its community is mainly made up of farmers, these include

shepherd A shepherd or sheepherder is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. ''Shepherd'' derives from Old English ''sceaphierde (''sceap'' 'sheep' + ''hierde'' ' herder'). ''Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations ...

dairy farmers Dairy farming is a class of agriculture for long-term production of milk, which is processed (either on the farm or at a dairy plant, either of which may be called a dairy) for eventual sale of a dairy product. Dairy farming has a history that ...

, fruit farmers and other crop farmers. The population of the village lives in cabins and traditional Georgian houses, some of the properties in the village are summer vacation homes for families that live in larger towns and cities. Most families in the village bare the surname "Keshelashvili" as it is the place of origin, another common last name is

Maghalashvili The Maghalashvili (Magalashvili; ka, მაღალაშვილი) or Maghaladze (Magaladze, მაღალაძე) is a Georgian noble family; according to Cyril Toumanoff, an offshoot of the medieval house of Mkhargrdzeli. Touma ...

. Around the village are several historical

watchtower A watchtower or watch tower is a type of fortification used in many parts of the world. It differs from a regular tower in that its primary use is military and from a turret in that it is usually a freestanding structure. Its main purpose is t ...

s, small

castle A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

s, houses,

monasteries A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone ( hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer whic ...

and churches like the Kvatakhevi Monastery on the bottom of the mountain chain 5 km south of the village. Tsinarekhi also has two public schools, one of which, located in the centre of the village, is more than 100 years old and was established by

Ilia Chavchavadze Prince Ilia Chavchavadze ( ka, ილია ჭავჭავაძე; 8 November 1837 – 12 September 1907) was a Georgian public figure, journalist, publisher, writer and poet who spearheaded the revival of Georgian nationalism during th ...

, the second school is 0.5 km north of the village.

Maghalashvili church complex

During the reign of

Alexander I of Georgia Alexander I the Great (, ''Aleksandre I Didi'') (1386 – between August 26, 1445 and March 7, 1446), of the Bagrationi house, was king of Georgia from 1412 to 1442. Despite his efforts to restore the country from the ruins left by the Turco-Mong ...

, the

family was granted an estate in Tsinarekhi. The family was given several pieces of farmland property in the village. In 1716, the construction of the Maghalashvili castle complex or Maghalashvili monastery began. The monastery was built as a

Georgian Orthodox Church The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, tr), commonly ...

or monastery where monks and priests prayed. The monastery was built on a small hill beside a field and the Kavtura River about 2 kilometres away from Tsinarekhi. A watchtower entrance with a large wooden door was built in the front with a wall going around the monastery, behind the entrance is another watchtower and a small basement entrance on the left side for the watchtower. The inside of the main building was painted depicting Georgian Christian saints and a graveyard was built beside the building. High view of Maghalashvili Monastery

Weather

Tsinarekhi is a relatively warm place, since it's located on the South Eastern part of Georgia it experiences a dry moderate continental climate with very hot long summers. The elevation in Tsinarekhi is about 720-804 metres and since its located on a higher elevation it experiences short but cold winters. In January the weather is a little warm reaching about 12°C (53.6°F) and going down to -6°C (21.2°F), from January to May the temperature rises to a maximum of 26°C (78.8°F) and in the summer from June to September the temperature can rise to a maximum of 38°C (100.4°F). during autumn and winter from October to December the temperature goes down to a high of 31°C (87.8°F) and a low of 5°C (41°F) to -3°C (26.6°F). Village Tsinarekhi

References

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Community

Maghalashvili church complex

Weather

See also

References