Infobox settlement name Pshavi Region native name other name Pshavis Mkhare settlement type Region image skyline imagesize image alt image caption image map MtskhetaMtianetiLocationinGeorgia.svg mapsize map alt map caption Map highlighting the modern political subdivision image map1 PshaviHistorical.jpg mapsize1 map alt1 map caption1 Map highlighting the historical region of Pshavi in Georgia latd latm lats latNS longd longm longs longEW coordinates type coordinates display title coordinates footnotes subdivision type List of sovereign states Country subdivision name flag Georgia subdivision type1 subdivision name1 seat seat type Capital leader party leader title Governor leader name Vasil Maghlaperidze area total km2 340 population total population as of population density km2 auto parts type Districts parts style para parts p1 iso code Pshavi lang ka is a small historic geographic area in Georgia country Georgia , included in today s Mtskheta Mtianeti mkhare region and laying chiefly on the southern foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountains along Aragvi River and the lower Iori River . The Pshavs, who are locally called the Pshaveli, speak a Georgian dialect and are Georgian Orthodox . Their history, traditions and customs are similar to those of other eastern Georgian mountaineers, particularly the Khevsurs . The popular Georgian poet Luka Razikashvili 1861 1915 , best known by his pen name Vazha Pshavela i.e., a lad from Pshavi , was born in this province, in the picturesque village of Chargali. See also Image Pshav by T. Horschelt, 1858 1863 2 .jpg left thumb 150px A Pshav man , by Theodor Horschelt. From the album published in St. Petersburg in 1896 Pkhovi External links http www.geotris.com inglisuri.php?path 0,2,28&object id 3&class id 1&group id 0&mode 1&expanded 0 History, culture and traditions of Pshavi br Historical regions of Georgia ... of Georgia country ca Pshavi es Pshavi os it Pshavi he ka lt P avija nl Psjavi ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image Eastern Georgia.PNG 210px thumb Map outlining the territory of Eastern Georgia Eastern Georgia commonly refers to the eastern part of the nation of Georgia country Georgia , which in historic times included the kingdom of Caucasian Iberia Iberia in the Caucasus . The present day term refers to the territory of Georgia which lies to the east and south of the Likhi and Meskheti Range Meskheti Ranges, but excludes the region of Ajaria . Eastern Georgia includes the historic Georgian provinces of Samtskhe Javakheti , Kartli , Kakheti , Pshavi , Mtiuleti , Tusheti , Khevsureti , Khevi as well as the capital city of Tbilisi . Coord missing Georgia country DEFAULTSORT Eastern Georgia Country Category Geography of Georgia country Georgia geo stub it Georgia orientale he nl Oost Georgi pt Ge rgia Oriental ... more details
K op ala lang ka is a traditional hero or demigod revered in the highlands of Pshavi in the Georgia country Republic of Georgia . It is said that he once was in a boulder throwing contest against a number of devebi , or ogres , to see who could throw a boulder the farthest. The ogres champion picked up a boulder and hurled it across the valley to the mountain on the other side of the Aragvi river. K op ala tested a boulder, but decided it was too light. So he picked up another boulder, pressed it against the first, and threw them both across the valley. These nearly failed to surpass the ogre s throw, but at the crucial moment the god K viria struck the boulder with his whip, causing it to fly further than the ogre s boulder, and it landed on top of the ogres fortress of Tsikhetgori. As a result of their defeat in an ensuing battle which K op ala fought with his companion Iakhsari , the surviving ogres retreated underground allowing mankind to settle in the area unmolested. See also Georgian mythology References cite journal author Kevin Tuite Tuite, Kevin title Lightning, sacrifice and possession in the traditional religions of the Caucasus year 2000 Shorena Kurtsikidze & Vakhtang Chikovani, Ethnography and Folklore of the Georgia Chechnya Border Images, Customs, Myths & Folk Tales of the Peripheries, Munich Lincom Europa, 2008. DEFAULTSORT K op Ala Category Georgian mythology he ka ... more details
Levan Razikashvili lang ka 1895 1923 was a Georgia country Georgian military officer and victim of Soviet Union Soviet repressions. He was born into the family of the Georgian poet Luka Razikashvili, better known by his pseudonym Vazha Pshavela . Razikashvili graduated from the Tbilisi Gymnasium for Nobility and joined the Social Federalist Party during the Russian Revolution of 1917 . Later, he served to the short lived Democratic Republic of Georgia 1918 1924 . After the Soviet invasion of Georgia Soviet takeover of Georgia in 1921, he was appointed a militsiya chief in the Pshavi district, which was a scene of an anti Soviet guerrilla revolt. Razikashvili was suspected by the Bolshevik government to have sympathized with the insurgents who were led by Kakutsa Cholokashvili , Razikashvili s erstwhile friend. After the rebel leaders managed to escape into Chechnya in September 1922, Razikashvili was arrested on the charges of participation in bandit ism. A group of Georgian writers attempted a mediation and urged the Soviet official Sergo Ordzhonikidze to prevent the son of Vazha Pshavela from being executed, but to no avail. Razikashvili was shot by the Cheka in February 1923. ref ge icon http www.pol.ge archive razikashvili.html The Case of Razikashvili . The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia Archival Department. Retrieved on March 3, 2007. ref See also August Uprising References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Razikashvili, Levan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1895 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1923 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Razikashvili, Levan Category 1895 births Category 1923 deaths Category Military personnel from Georgia country Category People executed by the Soviet Union Category Executed people from Georgia country Georgia bio stub MEast mil bio stub ka ... more details
Gudamaq ari Gudamakari lang ka is a small historical geographic area in northeast Georgia country Georgia on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. Located along the river valley of Aragvi , it is bordered by Mtiuleti on the west, Khevi on the north, Khevsureti and Pshavi on the east, and Khando and Ch artali communities on the south. Gudamaq ari is sometimes viewed as a part of Mtiuleti. Modern administrative subdivision of Georgia places the area in the Mtskheta Mtianeti mkhare region . The inhabitants of Gudamaq ari Gudamaq relebi are first chronicled by the 11th century Georgian historian Leonti Mroveli in connection with the conversion of Caucasian Iberia Iberia Kartli by St. Nino in the 330s. ref Marjory Wardrop Wardrop, Margery 2007 1900 , Life of Saint Nino , page 52. Gorgias Press LLC, ISBN 1593334710 ref A strategic road running through this area played an important role in medieval Georgia and was much later, under the Imperial Russia n rule, connected to the Georgian Military Road . References Shorena Kurtsikidze & Vakhtang Chikovani, Ethnography and Folklore of the Georgia Chechnya Border Images, Customs, Myths & Folk Tales of the Peripheries, Munich Lincom Europa, 2008. Images from the Georgia Chechnya Border, 1970 1980 Visual Anthropology of the Peripheries http hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu exhibitions photo2 photo2 intro.html Reflist Georgia geo stub coord missing Georgia country Category Former provinces of Georgia country cs Gudamaqarie ka fi Gudamaqari ... more details
Image Ertso Tianeti Historical.svg thumb 250px The historic region of Ertso Tianeti in Georgia. Ertso Tianeti lang ka is a small historical geographic area in eastern Georgia country Georgia . It lies along the upper Iori Valley in what is now Tianeti District in the mkhare region of Mtskheta Mtianeti . The area s name is compound, consisting of its two subdivisions Ertso and Tianeti . Ertso Tianeti is located on the southern foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountains. Its historical borders are Pshavi to the north, Kakheti to the south and east, and the Aragvi River on the west. Ertso Tianeti is first mentioned in the 11th accounts relating the early 330s story of conversion of Georgia Caucasian Iberia Iberia into Christianity . In 1614, the area was virtually depopulated as a result of the Persian Empire Persian invasion of the kingdom of Kakheti of which Ertso Tianeti was part. The vacated villages were later resettled by the migrants from the neighboring mountainous districts of Georgia. References ge icon http www.mtskheta mtianeti.gov.ge ?m 6&sm 4&ssm 3 History of Tianeti District . The Regional Administration of Mtskheta Mtianeti website. Accessed on August 19, 2007. Georgian historical regions coord missing Georgia country Category Former provinces of Georgia country Georgia geo stub cs Erco Tianetie fr Ertso Tianeti it Ertso Tianeti he ka nl Ertso Tianeti uk ... more details
Northcaucasian race also Caucasionic race is the subrace of Northcaucasian variant Caucasian race , the name has arisen from region North Caucasus ref cite web title Anthropology and Ethnic History url http www.ido.edu.ru psychology anthropology 6.html publisher Peoples Friendship University of Russia author Dmitry Bogatenkov coauthors Stanislav Drobyshev language Russian ref . The Northcaucasian type is considered as a branch of the Balkans Caucasian race and is similar with Alpine race Alpine and Dinaric race Dinaric races. ref cite web title Racial variety of Mankind,section 5.5.3 url http www.ido.edu.ru psychology anthropology 5.html 5.5.3 publisher Peoples Friendship University of Russia author Dmitry Bogatenkov coauthors Stanislav Drobyshev language Russian ref The phenotype is prevalent to the following ethnicities Balkars , Karachays , Chechen people Chechens , Ossetians and others. ref http school.bakai.ru ?id hispb010103 School Bakai Ethnogenesis the North Caucasus indigenous population ref Characteristic signs Central cluster Lezgins , Caucasian Avars , Balkars , Bats people , Ossetians , Ingush people , Karachays , Chechen people , Adyghe people High growth 170  cm Hair coarse, straight, dark brown often light reddish brown and light brown Eyes brown and green, are found as blue unlike other groups Face is broad 14,6 14,8  cm is low. Angular facial features. Cheeks broad, but subtle. The forehead is low. Cephalic index Brachycephalic cranial index 84 85 Southern Cluster Svans , Khevsureti Khevsurian ethnic group , Pshavi Pshavi ethnic group , Rachins average growth Hair coarse, straight, dark brown often light reddish brown and light brown Eyes brown and green unlike other groups Face is broad 14,6 14,8  cm is low. Angular facial features. Cheeks broad, but subtle. The forehead is low. Cephalic index Brachycephalic cranial index 84 85 Dagestan cluster Dargin people , Lak people Dagestan Lak people average growth Hair coarse, straight, dark an ... more details
No footnotes date April 2009 The Kakhet Khevsureti Rebellion lang ka was a rebellion in 1921 against the Bolshevik forces in the Kakheti and Khevsureti regions of Georgia country Georgia then the Georgian SSR following the Red Army invasion of Georgia . The rebellion followed the 1921 Svanetian Uprising and was organized by the Committee for Independence of Georgia and its Military Committee, consisting of the former officers of the Democratic Republic of Georgia . The leader of the movement was Prince Kakutsa Cholokashvili , colonel of the Georgian army, formerly a Polkovnik in the Imperial Russia n Army and hero of the Battle of Sar kam Battle of Sarikamis during World War I . Since the spring of 1921 Cholokashvili organized strong militia in Kakheti and Khevsureti from experienced Georgian army personnel and noblemen including M. Lashkarashvili , Simon Bagration Mukhraneli , L. Lekvinadze , S. Andronikashvili , A. Sumbatashvili , Sh. Vachnadze , P. Palavandishvili , Sh. Palavandishvili , and etc. The militia had a close contact to Catholicos Patriarch Patriarch Ambrose of Georgia Ambrose and enjoyed the support of the mountainous clans of eastern Georgia. First, the militiamen blocked all the roads to Tusheti , Pshavi , and Khevsureti and after winning the battle in Zhinvali , the army moved in Khevsureti. Notably, the Bolsheviks used vast inexperienced military resources, including combat aviation, against the militiamen and had heavy casualties whereas the casualties of Cholokashvili s force was zero in some cases ref A. Surguladze, P. Surguladze. History of Georgia, 1783 1990. Tbilisi, 1992. ref The rebellion was weakened from disagreement within different political parties of Georgia. For example, Social Democrats thought that Cholokashvili, a noblemen, should not be the leader of a Partisan military Partisan army. On the other hand, the Bolsheviks arrested and executed supporters of militia in Kartli and Kakheti and moved more arm ... more details
Image Houses at the Ethnographic museum.jpg thumb 250px One of the corners of the Open Air Museum of Ethnography The Giorgi Chitaia Open Air Museum of Ethnography lang ka , giorgi chitaias sakhelobis et nograp iuli muzeumi ghia ts is k vesh is an open air museum in Tbilisi , Georgia country Georgia , displaying the examples of folk architecture and craftwork from various regions of the country. The museum is named after Giorgi Chitaia , a Georgian ethnographer, who founded the museum on April 27, 1966. Since December 30, 2004, it has been administered as part of the Georgian National Museum . The museum is located west to Kus Tba Turtle Lake on a hill overlooking the Vake district , Tbilisi. It is essentially a historic village populated by buildings moved there from all main territorial subdivisions of Georgia. The museum occupies 52 hectares of land and is arranged in eleven zones, displaying around 70 buildings and more than 8,000 items. The exhibition features the traditional darbazi type and fiat roofed stone houses from eastern Georgia , openwork wooden houses with gable roofs of straw or boards from Georgia country western Georgia , watchtowers from the mountainous provinces of Khevsureti , Pshavi , and Svaneti , Megrelia n and Imereti an wattle maize storages, Kakheti an wineries marani , and Kartli an water mills as well as a collection of traditional household articles such as distaffs, knitting frames, chums, clothes, carpets, pottery and furniture. There are also an early Christian Sioni basilica from Tianeti and a 6th 7th century familial burial vault with sarcophagus. ref http www.museum.ge web page index.php?id 3 Open Air Museum . Georgian National Museum . Retrieved on March 24, 2008. ref ref http www.georgianmuseums.ge MuseumEn Musums Erovnuli G.ChitaiasMus.html G. Chitaia Museum of Ethnography Open Air Museum . Ministry of Culture, Monuments Protection and Sport . Retrieved on March 24, 200 ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2009 Cossacks Papakhi Lang ka IPA ka p p xi Lang uk Lang ru Lang az papaq , also known as Astrakhan hat in English, is a male wool hat worn throughout the Caucasus. For example, Georgian papakhi are made of wool and have a circular shape. The two Russian Papakhis, one called a Papaha , is a high fur hat, usually made of karakul sheep skin. The hat has the general appearance of a cylinder with one open side, and is set upon the head in such a way as to have the brim touch the temples, some of them comes with ear flaps which can fold up when not using them and unfold them down when using. The other called a Kubanka , which is the same as the papaha, except shorter, and with no ear flaps. Papakhi are mostly worn in mountainous Georgia the regions of Pshavi , Khevi , Mtiuleti and Tusheti . Papakhi are also donned by the Chechens and other Caucasus Caucasian tribes and were introduced to the Imperial Russian Army Russian army following the campaigns in the Caucasus mountains , becoming an official part of the uniform in 1855 for the Cossack s, and, later, for the rest of the cavalry. Shortly after the Russian revolution of 1917 , papakhi were removed from the new Red Army uniform because of their association with the old Tsarist regime and the fact that many Cossack regiments of the Tsarist army fought against the Bolsheviks . During the Russian Civil War , many Bolshevik cavalrymen and officers like Vasily Chapayev wore papahas or kubankas because many of them were cossacks and the hat had become a customary part of a cavalryman s costume. Papakhi became part of the uniform again in 1935, but in 1941, were reserved exclusively for full colonels, generals and marshals, thus becoming a symbol of status and high rank. In 1994, they were once again removed from military use, allegedly upon the request of the wearers, who found the hat inefficient since the Papakhi is a relatively short hat that does not protect the ears wel ... more details
As of 2007 , the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church is subdivided into thirty five eparchy eparchies class wikitable Eparchy Territory Current Head Cathedral Residence Mtskheta Tbilisi Eparchy Tbilisi , Mtskheta and most of its district, Gardabani district, Bichvinta Ilia II , Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia and Archbishop of Mtskheta Tbilisi Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral , Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral , Svetitskhoveli Mtskheta Cathedral , Bichvinta Cathedral Alaverdi Eparchy Telavi district, Akhmeta district David Makharadze , Metropolitan bishop of Alaverdi Alaverdi Cathedral , Telavi Eparchy of Akhaltsikhe, Tao Klarjeti and Lazeti Georgia Districts of Akhaltsikhe , Aspindza , and Adigeni Turkey Tao Klarjeti , Lazistan Lazeti Archbishop Theodore Chuadze Akhaltsikhe, Sapara Monastery Akhalkalaki and Kumurdo Eparchy Districts of Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda Archbishop Nicholas Pachuashvili Kumurdo Cathedral , Akhalkalaki, Ninotsminda Batumi and Skhalta Eparchy Adjara Dimitri Shiolashvili Batumi , Skhalta Cathedral , Kobuleti Bodbe Eparchy Districts of Sighnaghi and Dedoplistskaro Archbishop David Tikaradze Bodbe Monastery , Sighnaghi, Dedoplistskaro Bolnisi Eparchy Bolnisi and its district Bishop Jegudiel Tabatadze Bolnisi Sioni Church Borjomi and Bakuriani Eparchy Borjomi and its district Archbishop Seraphim Jojua Borjomi Gurjaani and Velistsikhe Eparchy Gurjaani district Bishop Euthymius Lezhava Gurjaani Cathedral Dmanisi Eparchy Dmanisi Bishop Zenon Iarajuli Dmanisi Cathedral Vani and Baghdati Eparchy Districts of Vani and Baghdati Archbishop Anton Bulukhia Baghdati Cathedral, Vani Zugdidi and Tsaishi Eparchy Districts of Zugdidi and Tsalenjikha Bishop Gerasime Sharashenidze Zugdidi Cathedral, Tsaishi Cathedral, Tsalenjikha residence Tianeti and Pshav Khevsureti Eparchy Tianeti , Pshavi , Khevsureti Archbishop Thadeoz Ioramashvili Tianeti Manglisi and Tsalka Eparchy Districts of Tetritskaro and Tsalka Archbishop Anania Japaridze Manglisi, Tsalka Margveti and Ubisi E ... more details
Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Vazha Pshavela title orig translator image File Vazha Pshavela Cover of book, 2011.jpg 230px image caption 1st edition Georgian author Miho Mosulishvili illustrator Nino Kapanadze cover artist Nino Kapanadze country Geo language Georgian language Georgian series The Illustrative Biographies from Publishing house Pegasi genre Biography publisher Pegasi release date 2011 english release date media type Book Print, Microform, Electronic, etc. pages 383 p. ill. 20 cm. isbn 9789941917967 congress PK9169.V38 Z79 2011 oclc 755907118 preceded by followed by Vazha Pshavela is a 2011 Georgian language Georgian Biographical novel by author Miho Mosulishvili . Anniversaries with which UNESCO is associated in 2010 2011 The General Conference, by its 35C Resolution 72, approved the following list of anniversaries with which UNESCO is associated in 2010 2011 listed in the French alphabetical order of Member States blockquote 24 150th anniversary of the birth of Vazha Pshavela, writer 1861 1915 Georgia ref http portal.unesco.org en ev.php URL ID 47164&URL DO DO TOPIC&URL SECTION 201.html ref blockquote 150th anniversary of the birth of Vazha Pshavela 150th anniversary of the birth of Vazha Pshavela, writer 1861 1915 blockquote Vazha Pshavela the pseudonym of Luka Razikashvili, 1861 1915 was a Georgian thinker, poet and writer. Vazha Pshavela s poetry represents the summit of nineteenth century Georgian realism. He was born in the small Pshavi Pshavian village of Chargali. He graduated from teachers seminary and studied law at Saint Petersburg University . Vazha Pshavela wrote most of his verses, poems and stories in the vicinity of his native village. His works are mainly devoted to human relationships towards the material world. The national epic works of Georgian poetry in the nineteenth century and the revival of poetic epos are also connected with his name. Heroism, trage ... more details
with the neighboring area of Pshavi was known to medieval writers under the joint designation Pkhovi ... in Pshavi . As a young couple could lie together during the night with a sword placed between ... more details
Infobox monarch name Teimuraz II full name title List of sovereigns of Kakheti King of Kakheti othertitles List of the Kings of Georgia King of Kartli image Teimuraz II.JPG caption Teimuraz II reign 1732 8 January 1762 coronation predecessor Constantine II of Kakheti Constantine II successor Erekle II royal house Bagrationi dynasty Bagrationi father Erekle I of Kakheti Erekle I mother Ana n e Cholokashvili birth date 1680 birth place death date 8 January 1762 death place Saint Petersburg place of burial Ascension Cathedral in the Astrakhan Kremlin Teimuraz II Theimuraz lang ka II 1680 Saint Petersburg , January 8, 1762 , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Kingdom of Kakheti Kakheti , eastern Georgia country Georgia , from 1732 to 1744, then of Kartli from 1744 until his death. Life He was a son of Erekle I and his wife Anna. Together with his mother, Teimuraz ruled as regent for his absent brother David II of Kakheti David II Imam Quli Khan from 1709 to 1715. In 1732, the Turks killed the next king and Teimuraz s other brother, Constantine II of Kakheti Constantine , and took control of his kingdom. His successor, Teimuraz, fled to the mountains of Pshavi and fought the occupants from there. In 1735, the resurgent Persia n ruler Nadir Shah Afshar invaded Kakheti and forced the Turks out of most of eastern Georgia. Teimuraz was taken prisoner, but he escaped and led a popular uprising against the Persian forces and his nephew Alexander who was appointed by Nadir as his lieutenant in Kakheti. A Persia n commander Sefi Khan led a punitive expedition and captured Teimuraz in 1736, sending him to Isfahan city Isfahan where he was held as hostage for two years. During these years, part of Georgian nobles staged a powerful rebellion against the Persian yoke. In 1738, the shah had to release Teimuraz to counter the Georgian opposition. The uprising now turned into a brutal civil war between pro and anti Persian factions. Teimuraz, aided by his son Erekle II , ... more details
Infobox writer for more information see Template Infobox writer doc name Vazha Pshavela image Vazha Pshavela.jpg caption Vazha Pshavela. Photo by Alexander Roinashvili pseudonym Vazha Pshavela birth date Birth date and age 1861 07 26 birth name Luka Razikashvili birth place Chargali , Georgia country Georgia death date July 10, 1915 death place Tiflis , Georgia country occupation Poet , short story writer genre Epic , Drama , Poetry movement Modernism net worth notableworks Host and Guest Epic poem , 1893 Snake eater Epic poem, 1901 Aluda Ketelauri Epic poem, 1888 influences Bible , Shota Rustaveli , William Shakespeare influenced website http rustaveli.tripod.com pshavela.html spouse Tamar Didebashvili children Levan Razikashvili , Tamar Razikashvili, Gulkan razikashvili, Vakhtang Razikashvili signature Vazha Pshavela lang ka , IPA ka v p v l IPA July 26, 1861 July 10, 1915 is the pen name of the Georgia country Georgian poet and writer Luka P. Razikashvili lang ka , IPA ka luk r zik vili IPA , a classic of the new Georgian literature. The biography Vazha Pshavela was born in a small village Chargali Pshavi mountainous province in Eastern Georgia in a family of clergyman. He graduated from the Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary Pedagogical Seminary in Gori 1882, where he became close to Georgian populists narodniki . Then 1883 entered Law Department of St. Petersburg University Russia as a non credit student, but returned to Georgia in 1884 due to financial restraints. Worked as a teacher of Georgian language . He was also a famous representative of a National Liberation movement of Georgia. Vazha Pshavela started his literature activities in mid 1880s. In his works, he portrayed everyday life and psychology of his contemporary Pshavs. Vazha Pshavela is the author of many world class literary works 36 epics, about 400 poems Aluda Ketelauri , Bakhtrioni , Gogotur and Apshina , Host and Guest , Snake eater , Eteri , Mindia , etc. ... more details
Ingilo in Azerbaijan , Tusheti Tush , Khevsur , Khevi Mokhevian , Pshavi an, Georgian in Iran ... Tushetian dialect Pshaveli pshaveli Pshavi Georgian dialects Pshavian dialect Mokhevians ... more details
, Kakheti , Meskheti , Tusheti , Pshavi , and Imereti . Relics obtained from archeological excavations ..., Tusheti and Pshavi . But the reeded Salamuri represents a wooden pipe of 23 36  cm. in length ... more details