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Queen Tamar

The exact date of Queen Tamar's birth is unknown, although historians propose the year 1165. Her mother died when the future queen was still young, and Tamar was raised by...

Karachays

The Karachays (from Karachay-Balkar 'mountaineers') - are a Turkic people inhabiting North Caucasus. Their predominant religion is Islam. For the most part, the Karachays lived in communes. The appearance of...

Dervishes

Dervishes are Sufi Muslisms. They lead an ascetic lifestyle and devote their lives to Allah. Most dervish orders originate from the Mevlevi order. It is the oldest dervish fraternity, founded...

Corn in Georgia

Corn appeared in Georgia around the sixteenth century, after it had been imported to Europe from what is today Mexico. Corn dishes plays an important role in Georgian cuisine. It...

Vineyard in Georgia

Georgia boasts 525 indigenous (autochthonic) grape varieties, out of a total of 2500 existing in the world. It is in Georgia that the first traces of winemaking were discovered -...

Maxim Artemovich Ananov

Maxim Artemovich Ananov, was an Armenian businessman and philantropist who lived at the turn of 19ер and 20th century. Thanks to modern technology, Ananov's Rioni plantations annually yielded 600-700 thousand...