The construction of the Church of Simon the Canaanite dates back to the 9th-10th centuries. Simon the Canaanite was one of the apostles of Jesus Christ. According to Georgian chronicles,...
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Akaki Tsereteli
Akaki Rostomovich Tsereteli was born on June 21, 1840, in the Imeretian village of Svikhtori. His father was Duke Tsereteli and his mother was the granddaughter of Imeretian King Solomon...
Kazbek
There are several versions about the origin of the Russian name of the highest European mountain. According to one of them, Kazbek owes its name to the Circassian duke Kazbek,...
Sinop
Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, the grandson of Nicholas I, was born on April 13, 1866, in Tbilisi. He played a significant role in the development of the Russian Navy and...
Adai-Khokh
The name Adai-Khokh comes from the Ossetian "Adaiykhok" - "Adai Mountain". This peak is part of the Greater Caucasus mountain range and plays a significant role in the culture of...
Persia
The name "Persia" derives from the people, who migrated to southern Iran in about 1000 BC. The first mention of the Parsa occurs a century later. Thanks to expansion at...