| ANYCOOL T808 ÇİFT SİM KARTLI CEM TELEFONU PDA - 419 sec
anycool t808 t818 f818 çift sim kard lı cep telefonu ANYCOL ANY COOL ANYCOOL TURKİYE TURKHİSH ÇİN MALI TELEFON TELEVİZYONLU KAYSERİ DEN ALDIM kayseri pda two sim card
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 | | GeoStar 2008 - Giorgi. Kartli. 20 October. - 223 sec
GeoStar 2008 - Giorgi. Kartli. 20 October.
Auteur : MakaZambakhidze
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| | Letus T808 çift sim kartlı cep telefon ile Ücretsiz tv keyfi - 123 sec
Diğer özellikleri www.letus.com.tr
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| | tanerx1 ümitxd9 özer müzik kartlı pa60 roman - 329 sec
tanerx1 - ümitxd9
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| | ÇİFT SİM KARTLI TELEVİZYONLU SIFIR TELEFON - 81 sec
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| | Georgian refugees from Shida Kartli"South Ossetia" region - 441 sec
The Georgian Government is trying to help all the victims that were ethnically cleansed by Russian and Osetian militia in 2008.
Auteur : XXGiviXX
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| | Double Sim Technology Dst01 - Çift Sim Kartlı Cep Telefonu - 79 sec
Gençcell tarafından Türkiyede satışa sunulan Dst01 (çift sim kartlı cep telefonu)
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| | Georgia National Anthem - 74 sec
The region of present-day Georgia contained the ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Kartli-Iberia. The area came under Roman influence in the first centuries A.D. and Christianity became the state religion in the 330s. Domination by Persians, Arabs, and Turks was followed by a Georgian golden age (11th-13th centuries) that was cut short by the Mongol invasion of 1236. Subsequently, the Ottoman and Persian empires competed for influence in the region. Georgia was absorbed into the Russian Empire in the 19th century. Independent for three years (1918-1921) following the Russian revolution, it was forcibly incorporated into the USSR until the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. An attempt by the incumbent Georgian government to manipulate national legislative elections in November 2003 touched off widespread protests that led to the resignation of Eduard SHEVARDNADZE, president since 1995. New elections in early 2004 swept Mikheil SAAKASHVILI into power along with his National Movement party. Progress on market reforms and democratization has been made in the years since independence, but this progress has been complicated by two civil conflicts in the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. These two territories remain outside the control of the central government and are ruled by de facto, unrecognized governments, supported by Russia. Russian-led peacekeeping operations continue in both regions.
Capital:
name: T'bilisi
geographic coordinates: 41 43 N, 44 47 E
time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Administrative divisions:
9 regions (mkharebi, singular - mkhare), 1 city (k'alak'i), and 2 autonomous republics (avtomnoy respubliki, singular - avtom respublika)
regions: Guria, Imereti, Kakheti, Kvemo Kartli, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Shida Kartli
city: Tbilisi
autonomous republics: Abkhazia or Ap'khazet'is Avtonomiuri Respublika (Sokhumi), Ajaria or Acharis Avtonomiuri Respublika (Bat'umi)
note: the administrative centers of the two autonomous republics are shown in parentheses
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gg.html
Auteur : Siavashian
Tags: Georgia National Anthem Tiblisi Guria Imereti Kakheti Kvemo Kartli Mtskheta-Mtianeti Racha-Lechkhumi and Svaneti video blog
| | Superfone 9080 Cep Telefonu İncelemesi - 458 sec
Superfone 9080 çift sim kartlı / çift hatlı cep telefonu incelemesi
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| | God Save The Royal House of Bagrationi & The United Georgian Kingdom - 139 sec
In 1783 Erekle II Bagrationi, king of Kartli-Kakheti (Eastern Georgian Kingdom) signed the Treaty of Georgievsk with Russia, according to which his kingdom (including Georgian little town Tskhinvali) was to receive Russian protection. But Russians withdrew their troops from the region, leaving Erekle's kingdom unprotected. In 1795, the Persian shah, Agha Mohammed Khan, invaded the country and burnt the capital, Tbilisi, to the ground.
After Erekle's and George XII's death, Tsar Paul I of Russia signed a decree on the incorporation of Eastern Georgia (Kartli-Kakheti) within the Russian Empire, which was confirmed by Tsar Alexander I on September 12, 1801. The Georgian Royal envoy in Saint Petersburg, Garsevan Chavchavadze, reacted with a note of protest that was presented to the Russian vice-chancellor Alexander Kurakin. In May 1801 Russian General Carl Heinrich Knorring removed the Georgian heir to the throne David Bagrationi from power and deployed a provisional government headed by General Ivan Petrovich Lasarev.
Georgian nobility did not accept the decree until April 1802 when General Knorring held the nobility in Tbilisi's Sioni Cathedral and forced them to take an oath on the imperial crown of Russia. Those who disagreed were arrested.
Newly established Russian administration started deporting the members of 1300 year old Georgian Royal Dynasty Bagrationi to Russia. On April 22, 1803, the Russian soldiers arrived at Queen's mansion and General Lazarev ordered Mariam (Maria, the Last Queen of Eastern Georgia) to get up and be ready for departure, but the queen refused to follow him. The general then took hold of her foot, to make her rise from the cushion on which she was sitting, surrounded by her sleeping children. Mariam, indignant at the attempt to take her by force, drew the dagger from beneath the cushion and stabbed Lazarev, killing him on the spot. Lazarev's interpreter drew his saber, and gave her a wound in the head, so that she fell down insensible. The soldiers burst into the bedroom and arrested the queen and her children. Escorted by a considerable armed force, they were carried away to Russia through the Daryal Pass. During her passage through Georgia, the inhabitants came out to testify their loyalty to the queen and bade her farewell. The tragic story of Queen Mariam was described in several contemporary accounts, based on the reports of eye-witnesses, and found its place in European literature of that time.
In 1811, the autocephaly (i.e. independent status) of the 1500 years old Orthodox Church of Iveria and Tron of the Patriarch was abolished, the Catholicos-Patriarch Anton II was deported to Russia.
After the conquest of Western Georgian Kingdom by Imperial Russia in 1810, the last king and the last Georgian Bagrationi ruler Solomon II fled to the Ottoman possessions in Trabzond where he died in 1815.
In 1814, the Western Georgian Patriarchate of Abkhazia-Imeretia was also abolished, by the Russian authorities and annexed to the Exarchate of Georgia, a subdivision of the Russian Orthodox Church, whose part it was until the restoration of the unified and autocephalous Georgian Orthodox Church in 1917. The Patriarchs of Abkhazia-Imeretia mostly came from the leading Georgian noble houses, and were able to support the church financially and secure its continuous involvement in the political and cultural life of western Georgia during many centuries. Their spiritual jurisdiction extended over the Kingdom of Imereti and its vassal principalities -- Guria, Mingrelia, Svaneti and Abkhazia. They considered themselves as vicars of St.Andrew who, according to a medieval Georgian tradition, preached Christianity in western Georgia, then known to the Classical authors as Colchis (Kolkhida).
In the latter part of the 16th century, Catholicos Eudemos I (Chkheidze) had to move his residence from Bichvinta (Pitsunda), Abkhazia to the Gelati Monastery at Kutaisi, fleeing the Ottoman and north caucasian pagan and muslim ethnic groups expansion into Abkhazia and western Mengrelia.
Auteur : Iberi1
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| | Russians dismantling checkpoint in Karaleti Georgia - 242 sec
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08.10.08 13:12
Russians have resumed dismantling of the illegal checkpoint in the village of Karaleti, Shida Kartli Region. Russian general commanding the so-called peacekeeping forces stationed in South Ossetia was personally viewing the process of pullout since the morning today. Georgian governor of the Shida Kartli region was also observing the works.
Meanwhile, Georgian police units are preparing to enter the Karaleti. They are already controlling the villages of Kvenatkotsa, Variani, Natsreti, where the checkpoint of the occupants no longer operate. Russians are also leaving strategic heights in the village Natsreti.
Today Georgian police released two Russian soldiers, who had been arrested earlier in the Kareli district- the occupants were searching for spirits.
Auteur : Fahlerfantastica
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| | Georgian Churches ქართული ეკლესიები - 356 sec
My own footage on Georgian Churches(Samtavisi,Jvari,Svetitzkhoveli,
Ananury,Trinity...)
The Georgian Orthodox Church (full title Georgian Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church, or in the Georgian language საქართველოს მართლმადიდებელი სამოციქულო ეკლესია Sakartvelos Martlmadidebeli Samocikulo Ek'lesia) is one of the world's most ancient Christian Churches, and tradition traces its origins to the mission of Apostle Andrew in the 1st century. It is an autocephalous (self-headed) part of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Georgian Orthodoxy has been a state religion in parts of Georgia since the 4th century, and is the majority religion in that country.
Christianity in ancient and feudal Georgia
According to tradition, when the Apostles were sent out to preach the Gospel to the nations of the world, the Apostle Andrew the First-called went to preach in the districts of the Caucasus corresponding to modern Georgia (ancient Colchis and Iberia), taking with him the Holy Mother's Uncreated Icon (an icon of the Virgin Mary that tradition holds was not made by human hands). Another tradition says that the Holy Apostle Simon the Canaanite (better known in the West as Simon the Zealot) also travelled to the Caucasus, and Georgian tradition holds that he preached in Western Georgia and was buried near Sokhumi, in the village of anakopia.Another Holy Apostle, Saint Matthias, is said to have preached in the southwest of Georgia, and to have been buried in Gonio, a village not far from Batumi. Some Christian sources also attest to the presence in Georgia of the Apostles Bartholomew and Thaddeus.
The first Georgian Eparchy was founded in Atskuri (south-west Georgia), traditionally by the Apostle Andrew.
The oldest Georgian church was constructed in the beginning of the 3rd century, in the village Nastakisi (Kartli province of Eastern Georgia).
St Nino of CappadociaFrom 303 AD, Saint Nino of Cappadocia (left) later honoured as 'Equal to the Apostles', preached Christianity in the Georgian kingdom of Iberia (Eastern Georgia). In 327 it was adopted as the state religion by the rulers of Iberia, King (later Saint) Mirian II and Queen (later Saint) Nana. Western Georgia, then part of the Roman Empire, became Christianised in a gradual process that was complete by the 6th century. The Western Georgian Kingdom of Egrisi declared Christianity as the state religion in 523. The country adopted Saint George as its patron saint. Georgian Orthodox tradition also holds that Georgia is a country under the special protection and intercession of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and affection for the Theotokos runs very deep in Georgian Orthodox consciousness.
Georgian Christianity was historically influenced by the church of the Byzantine Empire, and has always been part of the wider Eastern Orthodox Church. From the 320s, the Georgian Orthodox Church was under the jurisdiction of the Apostolic See of Antioch. The Georgian Orthodox Church become autocephalous (independent) in 466 when the Patriarchate of Antioch elevated the Bishop of Mtskheta to the rank of Catholicos of Kartli. In 1010 the Catholicos of Kartli was elevated to the honor of Patriarch. From then on, the premier hierarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church carried the official title of Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia.
Between the 6th and 9th centuries, Georgia underwent a cultural transformation as monastiscism flourished. Important monasteries were founded at a number of locations, notably the Iviron monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, where many important religious works were translated from Greek into Georgian. Significant works of hagiographic literature were also produced in Georgian, such as the "Life of Saint Nino" and "Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik".
A page from a rare 12th century Gelati Gospel depicting the NativityWell-known centers of Christian culture included the Georgian Monastery in Sinai, the monastery complex (Iveron) on Mount Athos (the well-known "Wonderworking Iberian Icon of the Mother of God" is located in this Monastery), Georgian churches in the historic province Tao-Klarjeti (part of Turkey since the 16th century), the Georgian Petritsoni Monastery in Bulgaria, Bagrati Cathedral, Gelati Monastery and Academy, Ikalto Monastery complex and Academy, Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, the monastery in Martvili, and the monastic complex at Davidgareja.
Outstanding Georgian representatives of Christian culture included Evagrius Ponticus (Evagre Pontoeli, 4th century), Peter the Iberian (Petre Iberieli, 5th century), Euthimius the Athonite (Ekvtime Atoneli, 955-1028), Giorgi the Athonite (Giorgi Atoneli, 1009-1065), Arsen Ikaltoeli (11th century), and Epraim the Lesser (Eprem Mtsire, 11th century).
Auteur : francotenelli
Tags:georgia georgian sakartvelo kartuli gruzia church eclesia early begining chistianity orthodox
| | Russians destroy Georgian towns - 221 sec
Russians destroy Georgian towns. There is not a single Georgian town in "South Ossetia" Shida (inner) Kartli region that is not destroyed and Occupied.
Auteur : XXGiviXX
Tags: Russian Invasion Georgian Towns South Ossetia Shida Kartli Georgia burnt villages aggression
| | Uplistsikhe (Géorgie/Georgia) - 63 sec
Uplistsikhe (literally, "the lord's fortress") is an ancient rock-hewn town in eastern Georgia, some 10 kilometers east of the town of Gori, Shida Kartli.
Built on a high rocky left bank of the Mtkvari River, it contains various structures dating from the 26th century BC to the Late Middle Ages, and is notable for the unique combination of various styles of rock-cut cultures from Anatolia and Iran, as well as the co-existence of pagan and Christian architecture.[1]
Uplistsikhe is identified by archaeologists as one of the oldest urban settlements in Georgia. Strategically located in the heartland of ancient kingdom of Kartli (or Iberia as it was known to the Classical authors), it emerged as a major political and religious center of the country. The town's age and importance led medieval Georgian written tradition to ascribe its foundation to the mythical Uplos, son of Mtskhetos, and grandson of Kartlos.[2]
With the Christianization of Kartli early in the 4th century, Uplistsikhe seems to have declined in its importance and lost its position to the new centers of Christian culture -- Mtskheta and, later Tbilisi. However, Uplistsikhe reemerged as a principal Georgian stronghold during the Muslim conquest of Tbilisi in the 8th and 9th century. The Mongol raids in the 14th century marked the ultimate eclipse of the town; it was virtually abandoned, and only occasionally used as a temporary shelter in times of foreign intrusions.[2]
The Uplistsikhe complex can tentatively be divided into three parts: south (lower), middle (central) and north (upper) covering an area of approximately 8 hectares. The middle part is the largest, contains a bulk of the Uplistsikhe rock-cut structures, and is connected to the southern part via a narrow rock-cut pass and a tunnel. Narrow alleys and sometimes staircases radiate from the central "street" to the different structures.[3]
The majority of the caves are devoid of any decorations, although some of the larger structures have coffered tunnel-vaulted ceilings, with the stone carved in imitation of logs. Some of the larger structures also have niches in the back or sides, which may have been used for ceremonial purposes. At the summit of the complex is a Christian basilica built of stone and brick in the 9th-10th centuries Archaeological excavations have discovered numerous artifacts of different periods, including gold, silver and bronze jewellery, and samples of ceramics and sculptures. Many of these artifacts are in the safekeeping of the National Museum in Tbilisi.
Several parts of the most vulnerable areas were completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1920. The stability of the monument still remains under a under substantial threat, prompting the Fund of Cultural Heritage of Georgia (a joint project of the World Bank and Government of Georgia) to launch a limited program of conservation in 2000.
Uplistsiche ist eine Festungs- und Höhlenstadt in Georgien. Sie liegt in der Verwaltungsregion Schida Kartli, zehn Kilometer entfernt von Gori, auf einem Felsplateau am Fluss Kura. Das Kulturdenkmal wurde von Georgien 1993 für die Liste des UNESCO-Welterbes angemeldet.
Bereits in der Bronzezeit siedelten Menschen auf dem Plateau. Die Festungsstadt wurde im 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. gegründet, entwickelte sich zu einem Handelszentrum an der Seidenstraße mit rund 5.000 Einwohnern. Im 1. Jahrhundert wurde sie erstmals urkundlich erwähnt. Versuche, Uplistsiche zu erobern, schlugen immer wieder fehl. Erst im 13. Jahrhundert gelang es dem Mongolenherrscher Ugedai Khan die Stadt einzunehmen und zu zerstören.
Uplistsiche verfügte über mächtige Festungsanlagen. Auf dem höchsten Punkt erhebt sich die Fürstenkirche aus dem 10. Jahrhundert, deren inneres mit Fresken bemalt ist. Das größte Gebäude der Anlage ist Tamaris Darbasi, eine große Felsenhalle mit zwei gewaltigen Säulen.
Die Wohnhäuser sind aus dem weichen Fels geschlagen, hatten Säulen und gewölbte Dächer. Es gab ein Amphitheater, eine Apotheke, eine Bäckerei, Lagerhäuser, ein Gefängnis und einen Markt. Archäologen entdeckten heidnische Andachtsstellen, an denen Tiere geopfert wurden.
Uplistiche besaß eine Kanalisation aus Abflussrinnen und Wasserkanälen. Ein in die Felswand gegrabener Tunnel, der ursprünglich der Wasserversorgung der Einwohner diente, ist heute der Zugang zum Plateau.
Seit 2004 wird Uplistsiche mit Mitteln eines Kulturerbe-Projekts der Weltbank und der georgischen Regierung restauriert. In einzelne Gebäude wurden zur statischen Sicherheit Betonpfeiler eingezogen.
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Tags: Georgie Georgia Géorgie Georgien 格鲁吉亚 그루지야 جورجي グルジア Грузия gori Uplistsikhe Uplistsiche cave Mtkvari
| | Russians arrest the ambassador of France in Georgia - 40 sec
21.08.08 13:07
Russian militaries detained Erik Fournier, the ambassador of France to Georgia, at one of the checkpoint stationed in Gori. The ambassador was on his back way to Tbilisi from Sachkhere.
Shida Kartli administration reports that Vladimir Vardzelashvili, the Governor of Shida Kartli, tried to convince the aggressors to release the French Diplomat, however, Mr. Furnier was arrested for an hour. Afterwards, the vehicle of the ambassadors was halted and checked up by Russians at another checkpoint in Igoeti.
Ambassador spent last night in Sachkhere military base and was meeting local population showing moral support to them. Mr. Furnier expressed his hope that Russian president would keep the word and pullout its forces from Georgia.
Later today, the ambassador will view the places where Russians have arranged illegal checkpoints and arrive in Kutaisi afterwards, where he will meet with regional authorities.
Auteur : Fahlerfantastica
Tags: Russians arrest the ambassador of France in Georgia war russia tbilisi genocide
| | Russians arrested the ambassador of France in Georgia - 32 sec
Russian militaries detained Erik Fournier, the ambassador of France to Georgia, at one of the checkpoint stationed in Gori. The ambassador was on his back way to Tbilisi from Sachkhere.
Shida Kartli administration reports that Vladimir Vardzelashvili, the Governor of Shida Kartli, tried to convince the aggressors to release the French Diplomat, however, Mr. Furnier was arrested for an hour. Afterwards, the vehicle of the ambassadors was halted and checked up by Russians at another checkpoint in Igoeti.
Ambassador spent last night in Sachkhere military base and was meeting local population showing moral support to them. Mr. Furnier expressed his hope that Russian president would keep the word and pullout its forces from Georgia.
Later today, the ambassador will view the places where Russians have arranged illegal checkpoints and arrive in Kutaisi afterwards, where he will meet with regional authorities.
Auteur : infobediani
Tags: georgiawar georgia russia war genocide south ossetia tskhinvali gori cluster bomb
| | Georgia(თბილისი)-composition in pictures and music - 646 sec
My original pictures and editing(-enlarge this video:pictures are in good quality)
Visiting Georgia on last year summer(2006)I took some pictures and videos that you see now in this composition. All the picture are taken by me except for 3-shotis puri, wine and mzvadebi.
Tbilisi, (in Georgian: თბილისი), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mtkvari (Kura) River. Tbilisi is sometimes called Tiflis (or Tifflis), which is its Medieval non-native name. The city covers an area of 372 km² (144 square miles) and has 1,093,000 inhabitants.
Founded in the 5th century AD by Vakhtang Gorgasali, the Georgian King of Kartli (Iberia) and made into a capital in the 6th century, Tbilisi is a significant industrial, social, and cultural center. The city is also emerging as an important transit route for global energy and trade projects. Located strategically at the crossroads between Europe and Asia and lying along the historic Silk Road routes, Tbilisi has often been the point of contention between various rivaling powers and empires. The history of the city can be seen by its architecture, where the Haussmannized Rustaveli avenue and downtown are blended with the narrower streets of the Medieval Narikala district.
Tbilisi has one international airport. Notable tourist destinations include Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral, Freedom Square, Sioni Cathedral, Metekhi, Narikala, Parliament of Georgia, Rustaveli Avenue, Turtle lake, Anchiskhati Basilica, Mtatsminda (Holy Mountain), Kashveti Church along with the National and Historic Museums of Georgia and numbers of art galleries. Tbilisi is the home of famous artists. The city life was immortalized in their art by Niko Pirosmani and Lado Gudiashvili.
History of Tbilisi
Panorama view of Tbilisi, showing Metekhi church, statue of the 5th century Georgian King Vakhtang Gorgasali and Mtkhvari river
Early history
According to an old legend, the present-day territory of Tbilisi was covered by forests as late as 458 A.D. One widely accepted variant of the legend of Tbilisi's founding states that King Vakhtang I Gorgasali of Georgia went hunting in the heavily wooded region with a falcon (sometimes the falcon is either substituted by a hawk or other small birds of prey in the legend). The King's falcon allegedly caught/injured a pheasant during the hunt, after which both birds fell into a nearby hot spring and died (from the burns received in the hot water). King Vakhtang became so impressed with the hot springs that he decided to cut down the forest and build a city on the location. The name Tbilisi derives from the Old Georgian word "Tpili", meaning warm. The name Tbili or Tbilisi ("warm location") therefore was given to the city because of the area's numerous sulfuric hot springs that came out of the ground.
Archaeological studies of the region have revealed that the territory of Tbilisi was settled by humans as early as the 4th millennium B.C. The earliest actual (recorded) accounts of settlement of the location come from the second half of the 4th century A.D, when a fortress was built during King Varaz-Bakur's reign. Towards the end of the 4th century the fortress fell into the hands of the Persians after which the location fell back into the hands of the Kings of Kartli (Georgia) by the middle of the 5th century A.D. King Vakhtang I Gorgasali (reigned in the middle and latter halves of the 5th century) who is largely credited for founding Tbilisi was actually responsible for reviving and building up the city and not founding it. The present-day location of the area which Gorgasali seems to have built up is spread out around the Metekhi cliff and the latter-day Abanot-Ubani neighborhood.
Tbilisi becomes a capital
View of Tbilisi as per French traveller Jean Chardin, 1671King Dachi I Ujarmeli (beginning of the 6th century A.D.), who was the successor of Vakhtang I Gorgasali, moved the capital from Mtskheta to Tbilisi according to the will left by his father. It must be mentioned that Tbilisi was not the capital of a unified Georgian state at that time (therefore did not include the territory of Colchis) and was only the capital of Eastern Georgia/Iberia. During his reign, King Dachi I was also responsible for finishing the construction of the fortress wall that lined the city's new boundaries. Beginning from the 6th century, Tbilisi started to grow at a steady pace due to the region's favorable and strategic location which placed the city along important trade and travel routes between Europe and Asia.
Auteur : francotenelli
Tags:georgia georgian sakartvelo kartuli gruzia tradition Tbilisi old contemporary art duduk duduki pictures khudjadze dato
| | Georgian Dancing - Old Tbilisi Themes - 414 sec
Selection of classical Georgian dancing themes and folk music - Old Tbilisi (Duduki, Kinto dancing)
Auteur : linkgeorgia
Tags: Tbilisi Georgia georgian music kinto duduk duduki sakartvelo kartli old legend national folk
| | Visit of Gori (Géorgie/Georgia) - 77 sec
Gori is a city in eastern Georgia, which serves as the regional capital of Shida Kartli and the centre of the homonymous administrative district. As of 2002, it had a population of 49,500.
Gori is well known for being the birthplace of Joseph Stalin.
Gori is located 76 kilometers west of Georgia's capital Tbilisi, at the confluence of the rivers Mtkvari and Greater Liakhvi, 588 meters above sea level. The climate is transitional from moderately warm steppe to moderately humid. Summer is usually hot. The average annual temperature is 10.9°C, minimal in January (-1.2°C) and maximal in August (22.5°C). The maximum precipitation falls in May (76mm) and minimum in August (34 mm) and January (30 mm).
The territory of Gori has been populated since the early Bronze Age. According to the medieval Georgian chronicles, the town of Gori was founded by King David IV (r. 1089-1125) who settled there the refugees from Armenia. However, the fortress of Gori (Goris-Tsikhe), appears to have been in use already in the 7th century, and archaeological evidence indicates to the existence of an urban community in the Classical Antiquity. In 1299-3, Gori was captured by the Alan tribesmen fleeing the Mongol conquest of their original homeland in the North Caucasus. The Georgian king George V recovered the town in 1320, pushing the Alans back over the Caucasus mountains.
With the downfall of the medieval Georgian kingdom, Gori -- strategically located on the crossroad of major transit routes -- was frequently targeted by foreign invaders and changed its masters on several occasions. It was first taken and sacked by Uzun Hassan of the Ak Koyunlu in 1477, followed by Tahmasp I of Persia in the mid-16th century. By the end of that century, Gori passed to the Ottomans and became their major outpost in Georgia until being recovered by the Georgians under Simon I of Kartli after heavy fighting in 1599. The town was once again garrisoned by the Persians under Shah Abbas I in 1614. In 1615, Gori was annexed by Georgia from the Russian Empire.
Following the successive occupations by the Ottomans (1723-35) and Persians (1735-40s), Gori returned to the Georgian control under the kings Teimuraz II and Erekle II whose efforts helped advance economy and culture in the town. Following the Russian annexation of Georgia, Gori was granted the status of a town within the Tiflis Governorate in 1801. It grew in size and population throughout the 19th century, but was destroyed in the 1920 earthquake. An important industrial center during the Soviet Union, Gori suffered from an economic collapse and the outflow of population during the years of a post-Soviet crisis of the 1990s.
Gori is located in the proximity to the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone. It is connected to breakaway South Ossetia's capital Tskhinvali via a railroad spur which has been defunct since the early 1990s. In the 2000s, Georgia has increased military infrastructure in and around the city. Thus, the Central Military Hospital was relocated from Tbilisi to Gori and reequipped in October 2006.[1] On January 18, 2008, Georgia's second NATO-standard military base was inaugurated at Gori. It is to accommodate the 1st Infantry Brigade of the Georgian Ground Forces.[2] On August 9, 2008, Gori was attacked by Russian jets as part of the 2008 War in South Ossetia. Georgia reported 60 civilans dead as a result of bombings of residential buildings.[3] Skynews reported that bombs hit a Georgian military facility (including a munitions warehouse) and civilian apartments were hit by exploding munitions from that warehouse. Gori was reportedly overrun by Russian forces on August 11.[4]
Gori and its environs house several notable cultural and historical landmarks. Although for many foreigners Gori is principally known as Joseph Stalin's birthplace, in Georgian historical memory the city has long been associated with its citadel, the Goris-Tsikhe, which is built on a cliffy hill overlooking the central part of the modern city. On another hill, stands the 18th-century St. George's church of Gorijvari, a popular place of pilgrimage. The ancient rock-hewn town of Uplistsikhe and the 7th-century Ateni Sioni Church are located not far from Gori.
Stalin's association with the city is emphasized by the Joseph Stalin Museum in downtown Gori and the Stalin monument in front of the City Hall, one of the few such monuments to survive Khrushchev's de-Stalinization program. The monument was a source of controversy in a newly independent Georgia in the 1990s, but the post-Communist government acceded to the Gori citizens' request and left the statue untouched.(wikipedia)
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Tbilisi (Georgian თბილისი ) is the capital and largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mtkvari (Kura) River, at 41°43′N, 44°47′E. Tbilisi is sometimes credited as Tiflis (or Tifflis), which is its Medieval non-native name. The city covers an area of 372 km² (144 square miles) and has 1,093,000 inhabitants.
Became as a capital of country in the 4th century by Vakhtang Gorgasali, the Georgian King of Kartli (Iberia), Tbilisi is a significant industrial, social, and cultural center in the Caucasus. The city is also emerging as an important transit route for global energy and trade projects. Located strategically at the crossroads between Europe and Asia and lying along the historic Silk Road routes, Tbilisi has often been the point of contention between various rivaling powers and empires. The history of the city can be seen by its architecture, where the Haussmannized Rustaveli avenue and downtown are blended with the narrower streets of the Medieval Narikala district.
The demographics of the city is diverse and historically it has been home to peoples from different cultures, religions and ethnicities. Being overwhelmingly Orthodox Christian, Tbilisi is one of the only places in the world, where a synagogue and a mosque are located next to each other in the ancient Bath district several hundred meters from the Metekhi Church. In recent times, Tbilisi has become known for the peaceful Rose Revolution, which took place around Freedom Square and nearby locations after the rigged parliamentary elections of 2003 led to the resignation of the Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze.
Tbilisi has one international airport. Notable tourist destinations include Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral, Freedom Square, Sioni Cathedral, Metekhi, Narikala, Parliament of Georgia, Rustaveli Avenue, Turtle lake, Anchiskhati Basilica, Mtatsminda (Holy Mountain), Kashveti Cathedral along with the National and Historic Museums of Georgia and numbers of art galleries. Tbilisi is the home of famous artists. The city life was immortalized in their art by Niko Pirosmani and Lado Gudiashvili.
Early history
According to an old legend, the present-day territory of Tbilisi was covered by forests as late as the 458 A.D. One widely accepted variant of the legend of Tbilisi's founding states that King Vakhtang I Gorgasali of Georgia went hunting in the heavily wooded region with a falcon (sometimes the falcon is either substituted by a hawk or other small birds of prey in the legend). The King's falcon allegedly caught/injured a pheasant during the hunt, after which both birds fell into a nearby hot spring and died (from the burns received in the hot water). King Vakhtang became so impressed with the hot springs that he decided to cut down the forest and build a city on the location. The name Tbilisi derives from the Old Georgian word "Tpili", meaning warm. The name Tbili or Tbilisi ("warm location") therefore was given to the city because of the area's numerous sulfuric hot springs that came out of the ground.
Archaeological studies of the region have revealed that the territory of Tbilisi was settled by humans as early as the 4th millennium B.C. The earliest actual (recorded) accounts of settlement of the location come from the second half of the 4th century A.D, when a fortress was built during King Varaz-Bakur's reign.
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