The Gagra Church (Georgian: გაგრის ეკლესია, romanized: gagris ek'lesia, Abkhaz: Гагратәи ауахәама), also known as Abaata, is an Early Medieval Christian...
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Gagra (Georgian: გაგრა; Abkhaz and Russian: Гагра) is a town in Abkhazia/Georgia, sprawling for 5 km on the northeast coast of the Black Sea, at the foot...
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The monuments in the Gagra Municipality is a group of cultural heritage sites registered by the government of Georgia on the territory of a de jure territorial...
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ethnic Georgians of Gagra) remained. However, on October 1, the Abkhaz side violated the agreement and launched a full-scale attack on Gagra. The attack was...
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The Katekhi Church (Georgian: კატეხის ეკლესია; Azerbaijani: Katex kilsəsi) is a Georgian Orthodox Church located in the village of Katex of Balakan District...
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Gergeti Trinity Church (Georgian: გერგეტის სამების ეკლესია - Gergetis Samebis eklesia) is a popular name for Holy Trinity Church near the village of Stepantsminda...
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CMPC forces attacked the town of Gagra on 1 October. The small Georgian force remaining in the town briefly defended Gagra before retreating, then regrouped...
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The Church of Kish (Azerbaijani: Kiş kilsəsi; also known from different sources as Church of Saint Elishe (Azerbaijani: Müqəddəs Yelisey kilsəsi,; Latinised...
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Anchiskhati Basilica (redirect from Anchiskhati Church)
[ˈantʃʰisχat’i]) is the oldest surviving church in Tbilisi, Georgia. It belongs to the Georgian Orthodox Church and dates from the sixth century. According...
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Jvari Monastery (redirect from Jvari Church)
Georgian church that has survived to the present day almost unchanged. The church became the founder of its type, the Jvari type of church architecture...
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Eparchy of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia (category Religious sees of the Georgian Orthodox Church)
Orthodox Church with its seat in Sokhumi (Tskhumi), Georgia. It has jurisdiction over Districts of Sukhumi, Ochamchire, Gali, Gudauta, Gulripshi and Gagra. ცხუმ-აფხაზეთის...
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Pitsunda (category Populated places in Gagra District)
or Bichvinta (Georgian: ბიჭვინთა [bitʃʼʷintʰa] ) is a resort town in the Gagra District of Abkhazia/Georgia. Founded by Greek colonists in the 5th century...
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Vardzia (category Georgian Orthodox churches in Samtskhe–Javakheti)
cultural center, a place of significant literary and artistic work. The Church of the Dormition, dating to the 1180s during the golden age of Tamar and...
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Samtavro Monastery (redirect from Samtavro Church)
Orthodox Christian monastery complex that combines Samtavro Transfiguration Church and Nunnery of St. Nino in Mtskheta, Georgia. Built presumably in the 4th...
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The tower offers panoramic views of the Western Caucasus as far south as Gagra and Pitsunda. An 11-km-long serpentine road leads to the tower from the...
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The Bzyb Church (Georgian: ბზიფის ტაძარი, romanized: bzipis t'adzari) is a ruined medieval Christian church at the village of Bzyb in Gagra District, Abkhazia/Georgia...
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Lidzava Church (Georgian: ლიძავის ეკლესია) is a church in the village of Lidzava, Gagra municipality, Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia. The church was...
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Pitsunda Cathedral (category Temples in Gagra Municipality)
t'adzari) is an Eastern Orthodox Cathedral located in Pitsunda, in the Gagra District of the de facto independent Republic of Abkhazia, internationally...
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leader of White movement Anton Denikin laid claims on Abkhazia and captured Gagra, but Georgians counter-attacked in April 1919 and retook the city. Denikin's...
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Bachkovo Monastery (category Byzantine church buildings)
and is directly subordinate to the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The monastery is known and appreciated for the unique combination of Byzantine...
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Kamani Monastery (redirect from Kamani Church)
monastery building is a 1980s construction on the foundations of a medieval church. The locale of Kamani, also known as Komani, is associated in the local...
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Roman Pipia (Georgian: რომან ფიფია; born 8 April 1966 in Gagra) is a Georgian businessman, founder of Loyal Capital Group and owner and president of Georgian...
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about 80 people reside in Sukhumi. Small communities are also recognised in Gagra and Pitsunda. Most of them are ethnic Armenians and Poles. In Sukhumi, parishioners...
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Sudokompozit - ship design R&D naval hardware Kasatka TsNII Gp NPO Uran (Gagra Pitsunda) - ship design R&D naval hardware Gidropribor FeOMMZ, torpedo manufacturing...
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Armenians in Georgia (redirect from Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia (country))
19th and the early 20th centuries and are now the largest ethnic group in Gagra, Sukhumi, and Gulripshi Districts, forming 20% of the Abkhazian population...
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Bolnisi Sioni (redirect from Bolnisi Sioni church)
built in 478–493. It is the oldest extant church building in Georgia. Bishop David was the overseeing church leader for the construction of Bolnisi Sioni...
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81 7 74 0 † COM Aeroflot Flight 415 Antonov An-10A abkKholodnaia Rechka, Gagra District, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR, USSR APR AER 21 km (13.1 mi) 1962-07-28...
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Alaverdi Monastery (redirect from Alaverdi church)
built in the 11th century by Kvirike III of Kakheti, replacing an older church of St. George. It is considered one of the four Great Cathedrals of the...
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4704; 46.62096 Datuna Church (Avar: Датуна гьатӀан; Georgian: დათუნას ეკლესია; Russian: Датунский храм) is the only medieval church that survives in modern...
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