Svaneti or Svanetia (Svan: შუ̂ან, ლემშუ̂ანიერა shwan, lemshwaniera, Suania in ancient sources; Georgian: სვანეთი Svaneti) is a historic province in the...
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Principality of Svaneti (Georgian: სვანეთის სამთავრო, romanized: svanetis samtavro) was a small principality (samtavro) in the Svaneti region of the Greater...
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Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti (Georgian: სამეგრელო-ზემო სვანეთი [sameɡɾeɫozemo sʷanetʰi]) is a region (Mkhare) in western Georgia with a population of 308,358...
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Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti (Georgian: რაჭა-ლეჩხუმი და ქვემო სვანეთი, Rach’a-Lechkhumi da Kvemo Svaneti [ɾat͡ʃʼalet͡ʃʰχumi d̥a kʰʷemo sʷanetʰi])...
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Svaneti Range (Georgian: სვანეთის ქედი) is an 85 km long sub-mountain range of the Greater Caucasus, in the Svaneti region of Georgia, located south of...
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occupation. Abkhazia Samegrelo- Zemo Svaneti Guria Adjara Samtskhe- Javakheti Imereti Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Shida Kartli Kvemo Kartli Mtskheta-...
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from the mountainous western Georgian province of Svaneti. They ruled the Principality of Svaneti from the 1720s to 1857. Although the Dadeshkeliani...
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Georgian cuisine (section Svaneti)
and Tenili (ტენილი - a preserved, hand-pulled cheese). Main dishes from Svaneti include Kubdari (კუბდარი - also known as Svan Khachapuri, a kind of Khachapuri...
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Free Svaneti (Georgian: თავისუფალი სვანეთი, t'avisup'ali svanet'i; Russian: Вольная Сванетия, vol'naya svanetiya) was a name applied to the self-governing...
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Stavropol Krai Karachay-Cherkessia Georgia Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Karachay-Cherkessia Russia Kabardino-Balkaria Stavropol...
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defences and could be taken for the most part only by storming. The auls of Svaneti, Georgia, with their distinctive medieval towers, have been recognized...
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The Svaneti uprising of 1875–1876 also known as Svaneti-Khalde revolt, was an uprising directed against the policy of Russian Tsar Alexander II's administration...
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the last prince (mtavari) of the western Georgian mountainous region of Svaneti from 1841 to 1857. The eldest son of Prince Mikheil (Tsiok) Dadeshkeliani...
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Svaneti man in Mestia, Georgian SSR, 1929...
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current subdivision, Racha is included in the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region (mkhare) as the municipalities of Oni and Ambrolauri. Racha occupies...
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Kvemo Kartli, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, and Shida Kartli. Tbilisi itself is divided...
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The 1987 Svaneti avalanches was a series of massive avalanches in the northwest Caucasus highlands of the then-Soviet republic of Georgia, which hit,...
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is bordered by the secessionist region of Abkhazia to the north-west, Svaneti to the north, Imereti to the east, Guria to the south and the Black Sea...
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Georgian family name from Svaneti region, in the north-western Georgia. Nakani family name comes from these towns of Svaneti: Becho, Etseri, Latali, Lenjeri...
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List of Georgian princes (mtavars) (redirect from List of monarchs of Svaneti)
Kakhaber I Gurieli c. 1385–1410 Mamia Gurieli c. 1450–1469 Kakhaber II Gurieli 1469–1483 Giorgi I Gurieli 1483–1512 Mamia I Gurieli 1512–1534 Rostom Gurieli...
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Salt for Svanetia (redirect from Salt of Svaneti)
Salt for Svanetia (Georgian: მარილი სვანეთს marili svanets; Russian: Соль Сванетии, romanized: Sol' Svanetii) is a 1930 Soviet-Georgian silent documentary...
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Svan language (category Svaneti)
ena) is a Kartvelian language spoken in the western Georgian region of Svaneti primarily by the Svan people. With its speakers variously estimated to...
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Shkhara (category Mountains of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti)
border, in Russia's Kabardino-Balkaria region on the northern side, and the Svaneti region of Georgia in the south. Shkhara is the highest peak of the Greater...
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Imereti 5.704 1.963 9.00 4 Kvemo Kartli 5.486 1.888 8.65 5 Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti 3.331 1.146 5.25 6 Kakheti 3.230 1.111 5.09 7 Shida Kartli 2.546 0.876...
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Ushguli (category Svaneti)
community of five medieval villages located at the head of the Enguri gorge in Svaneti, Georgia. Ushguli is one of the highest continuously inhabited settlements...
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Avalanches are common from November to April. Snow cover in several regions (Svaneti and northern Abkhazia) may reach 5 metres (16 ft). The Mt. Achishkho region...
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Mestia (category Cities and towns in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti)
feet) in the Caucasus Mountains. Mestia is located in the Svaneti region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti province (mkhare), some 128 kilometres (80 miles) northeast...
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recently established Bolshevik regime in Georgia. The uprising broke out in Svaneti, a highland western Georgian province, almost immediately after the Red...
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a village in the Ambrolauri Municipality of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti in Georgia. It lies on the Rioni River, and is about 22 kilometres from...
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to: Svan people, an ethnic group of the Georgian people Svan language Svaneti, a region of Georgia Lusaghbyur, Shirak, Armenia, formerly called Svan...
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