From historical sources created during the poet's lifetime, practically nothing is known about Shota Rustaveli. He was born around 1160. By 1190, he was the treasurer of Queen Tamar (Rustaveli's...
Alexi-Meshkhishvili
Vladimir Sardionovich Alexi-Meshkhishvili was born in Tbilisi on February 28, 1857. His father, Sardion Alexi-Meshkhisvili, was a military doctor. Vladimir studied at a private boarding school in Tbilisi, and then...
Church of Simon the Canaanite
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,...
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...