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    Meskheti (Georgian: მესხეთი) or Samtskhe (Georgian: სამცხე) (Moschia in ancient sources), is a mountainous area in southwestern Georgia. Ancient tribes...
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    Türkleri; Georgian: მესხეთის თურქები Meskhetis turk'ebi) are a subgroup of ethnic Turkish people formerly inhabiting the Meskheti region of Georgia, along the...
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    Meskheti Range (Georgian: მესხეთის ქედი) (Meskh/Meskhet/Meskhetian Range, Adzhar-Imereti Range, Achara-Imereti Range Adzhar-Akhaltsikh Range also Moschian...
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    center. Samtskhe–Javakheti is made up of the historical Georgian provinces Meskheti, Javakheti and Tori. The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, the South Caucasus...
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    Cypriots on the island of Cyprus, Meskhetian Turks originally based in Meskheti, Georgia; and ethnic Turkish people across the Middle East, where they...
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    assimilated by old Kartvelian peoples and named Meskhetians, the inhabitants of Meskheti in far southwestern Georgia - Sakartvelo) Mossynoeci (possible Mushki,...
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    close to official Georgian. Meskhetians are the indigenous population of Meskheti, a historical region in southern Georgia. Today they are mainly followers...
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    situated in Khertvisi village of Aspindza Municipality, Southern Georgia, in Meskheti region. The fortress was first mentioned in the 10th-11th centuries. The...
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    Range lie the Colchis Plain and the Kur-Araz Lowland respectively. The Meskheti Range is a part of the Lesser Caucasus system. In the southeast, the Aras...
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    Jaqeli ჯაყელი Country Meskheti (Georgia) Founded 9th century Founder Beshken Jaqeli Titles Prince Jaqeli Mtavari of Samtskhe...
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    Archil identify Rustaveli as a native of the southern Georgian region of Meskheti, where his home village Rustavi was located (in modern-day Aspindza Municipality...
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    the northern slope of Meskheti Range, in the gorge of Bzhuzhi river. It is on the way to Gomismta-Shuakhevi path through Meskheti Mountains. After the...
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    Samtskhe. Manuchar was overthrown and Qvarqvare became the new ruler of Meskheti. After this Manuchar asked his suzerain Sultan Selim for help. Sultan gave...
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  • FC Meskheti (Georgian: საფეხბურთო კლუბი მესხეთი) is a defunct Georgian football club based in Akhaltsikhe. Most recently the club took part in Regionuli...
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    Caucasus people such as Armenians, share descent from Meshech (Georgian: Meskheti), Tubal, and Togarmah. In 1498, Annio da Viterbo published fragments known...
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    of Georgia are endemic to this country. The west-central slopes of the Meskheti Range in Ajaria as well as several locations in Samegrelo and Abkhazia...
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  • Moschia (Meskheti, possibly related to Mushki) is a mountainous region of Georgia between Iberia, Armenia, and Colchis. The Moschian Mountains were the...
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  • with the Moschi/Moschoi Meskheti, a region and former province of Georgia located within Moschia Meskhetians, people from Meskheti Meskhetian Turks, the...
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    the Caucasian nation of Georgia to the east and south of the Likhi and Meskheti Ranges, but excluding the Black Sea region of Adjara. Eastern Georgia includes...
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    was later brought to Georgia and kept first at the Shorata Monastery (Meskheti), then in Vani (Imereti; hence comes its name) and eventually at the Gelati...
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    made from must from local grapes in the areas of Kakheti, Kartli, or Meskheti thickened with wheat flour. Wheat flour is also used for making condensed...
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    Armenia decisively came under Ottoman rule. The eastern part of Samtskhe (Meskheti) was irrevocably lost to the Ottomans as well as Mesopotamia. Although...
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    Qazaqstandağy türıkter) are ethnic Turks who live in Kazakhstan, mostly from Meskheti after the Deportation of the Meskhetian Turks. The First All-Union Census...
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    distinct taste from the more widespread Penovani Khachapuri. it is made in Meskheti. Ossetian Khachapuri also called "Osuri" (ოსური) or by its original name...
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    its path through the Lesser Caucasus Mountains where the Trialeti and Meskheti Ranges meet. A significant portion of the Borjomi Gorge is covered by mixed...
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  • ceded to the Ottomans, as well as Safavid-controlled eastern Samtskhe (Meskheti), making Samtskhe in its entirety an Ottoman possession. With the Treaty...
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    sea level. Around 60% of Adjara is covered by forests. Many parts of the Meskheti Range (the west-facing slopes) are covered by temperate rain forests. Adjara...
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    colonial rule. Conversely, in 1944, Turks who were forcefully deported from Meskheti in Georgia during the World War II settled in other parts of the Soviet...
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    deep-fried, which masks its odor. It is often served in wedges. Tenili Meskheti A string cheese made from either ewe's or cow's milk. It has been included...
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    dominance over South Georgia (referred to in Georgian as Samtskhe-Saatabago/Meskheti) represented a significant setback for feudal Georgia. This historical...
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