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Cherkezishvili
Cherkezishvili ( ka, ჩერქეზიშვილი) is a Georgian noble family, descended from the Circassian chieftains of Great Kabarda, whence the surname, literally meaning "children/descendants of a Circassian" in Georgian. They settled in Kakheti (eastern Georgia) in the 17th century, and attained to a princely dignity of tavadi. Under the Russian rule they were confirmed, in 1829 and 1850, in the princely nobility as knyaz Cherkezov (Черкезовы). History The traditional genealogical accounts such as that of Prince Ioann of Georgia at the beginning of the 19th century had it that the Cherkezishvili descended from a Circassian chieftain who had arrived in Georgia during the reign of Queen Tamar (r. 1184–1213). In fact, the ancestor of the family, the Kabardian nobleman Alejuko known to the Georgians as Aladag, settled down in the eastern Georgian kingdom of Kakheti in the 17th century. With the adoption of Christianity by Aladag and his scions, the family was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varlam Cherkezishvili
Varlam Cherkezishvili ( ka, ვარლამ ჩერქეზიშვილი) (15 September 1846 – 18 August 1925), also known as Warlaam Tcherkesoff or Varlam Nikolaevich Cherkezov in Russian manner, was a Georgian aristocrat and journalist involved in anarchist movement and Georgian national liberation movement. Cherkezov was born in Tbilisi as a Georgean prince. During the anarchist Peter Kropotkin's exile in London, Cherkezov was his closest confidant. Around 1907, he helped organize the London Anarchist Red Cross to aid political prisoners alongside Peter Kropotkin, Rudolf Rocker and Alexander Schapiro. Cherkezov joined Kropotkin in signing the 1916 Manifesto of the Sixteen in support of the Allies of World War I. Near the end of his life, Cherkezov returned to London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Georgian Princely Families
This is the alphabetic list of the upper class noble houses of Georgia. They were entitled as tavadi ( ka, თავადი), roughly translated in English as "prince" and in Russian as "knyaz", a title which was eventually conferred upon most of these families under the Imperial Russian rule (1801–1917). __NOTOC__ A *Abamelik * * * Agiashvili * Akhvlediani *Amatuni *Amilakhvari * Amirejibi *Anchabadze *Andronikashvili * Apakidze * Arghutashvili (Mkhargrdzeli-Argutashvili, Argutinsky-Dolgorukov) * Asatiani * Asikhmovanov (Osikhmovani) * Avalishvili B *Babadishvili * Bagrationi-Davitishvili * Bagration-Mukhraneli *Baratashvili * Bebutov (Bebutashvili) * Begtabegishvili * Bejanidze * Beriashvili C *Chavchavadze * Cherkezishvili *Chichua *Chijavadze * Chikovani *Chkheidze * Chkhotua *Cholokashvili * Charkviani D *Dadiani * Dadishkeliani * Dgebuadze * Diasamidze * Dziapshpa (Zepishvili) *Dididze *Dvali E * Emkhvari * Eristavi of Aragvi *Eristavi of Guria * Er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Georgian Surnames
This is the list of surnames of Georgian people. {{Dynamic list A (ა) * Astanjelovi (ასტანჯელოვი) * Abakelia (აბაკელია) * Abashidze (აბაშიძე) * Abazasdze (აბაზასძე) * Abkhazi (აფხაზი) * Abramia (აბრამია) * Abramidze (აბრამიძე) * Abuladze (აბულაძე) * Abuletisdze (აბულეთისძე) * Abuselidze (აბუსელიძე) * Agiashvili (აგიაშვილი) * Akhalkatsi (ახალკაცი) * Akhalaia (ახალაია) * Akhaladze (ახალაძე) * Akhvlediani (ახვლედიანი) * Alasania (ალასანია) * Alavidze (ალავიძე) * Aleksidze (ალექსიძე) * Altunashvili (ალთუნაშვილი) * Amilakhvari (ამილახვარი) * Amirejibi (ამირეჯიბი) * Amiranashvili (ამირანაშვილი) * Ami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia (country)
Georgia (, ; ) is a transcontinental country at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, by Russia to the north and northeast, by Turkey to the southwest, by Armenia to the south, and by Azerbaijan to the southeast. The country covers an area of , and has a population of 3.7 million people. Tbilisi is its capital as well as its largest city, home to roughly a third of the Georgian population. During the classical era, several independent kingdoms became established in what is now Georgia, such as Colchis and Iberia. In the early 4th century, ethnic Georgians officially adopted Christianity, which contributed to the spiritual and political unification of the early Georgian states. In the Middle Ages, the unified Kingdom of Georgia emerged and reached its Golden Age during the reign of King David IV and Queen Tamar in the 12th and early 13th centuries. Thereafter, the kingdom decl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manavi
Manavi ( ka, მანავი) is a village in the Georgian province of Kakheti. It is famous for its yellowish green wine, Manavis Mtsvane. In Georgia, wine drinking is central to the culture and is especially recommended for long celebrations. Olympic judoka Guram Gogolauri was born here. See also * Kakheti Kakheti ( ka, კახეთი ''K’akheti''; ) is a region (mkhare) formed in the 1990s in eastern Georgia from the historical province of Kakheti and the small, mountainous province of Tusheti. Telavi is its capital. The region comprises eigh ... References Populated places in Kakheti {{Georgia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aznauri
''Aznauri'' ( ka, აზნაური, ; pl. ''aznaurni'', აზნაურნი, or ''aznaurebi'', აზნაურები) was a class of Georgian nobility. The word derives from Middle Persian ''āznāvar'', which, in turn, corresponds semantically to Middle Persian ''āzād'' and Avestan ''āzāta-'' ("nobility"). The term is related to Pahlavi '' āzāt-ān'', "free" or "noble", who are listed as the lowest class of the free nobility in the Hajjiabad inscription of King Shapur I (240-270), and parallels to the ''azat'' of Armenia. It first appears in "The Martyrdom of Saint Shushanik", a 5th-century work of Georgian hagiographic literature. A later chronicle, that of Leonti Mroveli, derives "aznauri" from the semi-legendary ruler Azon (Georgian –''uri'' is a common adjectival suffix), whose 1,000 soldiers defected him and were subsequently named aznauri by Azon’s victorious rival Parnavaz. This etymology is patently false.Rapp, Stephen H. (2003), ''Studies In Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George II Of Imereti
George II ( ka, გიორგი II) (died 1585), of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Imereti from 1565 to 1585. Reign George II succeeded on the death of his father, Bagrat III. With his ascend to the throne, George found himself involved in the civil war among the princes of western Georgia. He sided with his nominal vassal, Giorgi II Gurieli, Prince of Guria, against Levan I Dadiani, Prince of Mingrelia. The latter allied himself with the king's cousin Prince Khosro, Varaz Chiladze and other Imeretian nobles, and attempted, in 1568, to oust George II in favor of Khosro. The king won a victory at Ianeti and, together with the prince of Guria, took control of Mingrelia. Levan fled to Istanbul and, with an Ottoman support, resumed the throne, forcing Gurieli to plea for peace. Later, the two princes forged an alliance and revolted against the king. The western Georgian princes became engulfed into the havoc of feudal warfare, mounting and disbanding alliances, and ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Kartli (1484–1762)
The Kingdom of Kartli ( ka, ქართლის სამეფო, tr) was a late medieval/ early modern monarchy in eastern Georgia, centred on the province of Kartli, with its capital at Tbilisi. It emerged in the process of a tripartite division of the Kingdom of Georgia in 1478 and existed, with several brief intervals, until 1762 when Kartli and the neighbouring Georgian kingdom of Kakheti were merged through dynastic succession under the Kakhetian branch of the Bagrationi dynasty. Through much of this period, the kingdom was a vassal of the successive dynasties of Iran, and to a much shorter period Ottoman Empire, but enjoyed intermittent periods of greater independence, especially after 1747. History Disintegration of the Kingdom of Georgia into warring states From circa 1450, in the Kingdom of Georgia rival movements arose among competing feudal factions within the royal house and nobility. These caused a high degree of instability across the entire territory of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satavado
Satavado ( ka, სათავადო), same as county, was a large feudal landholder and feudal hierarchy-political unit in the 15th-18th centuries in Georgia. Satavados were established in times of political and economical overthrow of Georgian Kingdom, by exploitation peasants and grooving immunity of feudal lords when they formed a new class of Tavadi (prince) / (duke) ( ka, თავადი). The Tavadi were one of the highest ranks of Georgian nobility, second only to the Royal Families of Georgia (the various branches of the Bagrationi dynasty). The title of Tavadi is equivalent to the European titles of prince and duke. There are various ranks of princes in Georgian history. Other ranks include Mtavari and Eristavi The long period of domination of foreign intruders extremely weakened the central political and economic power, which became the main reason for rising of Satavados. The regions lost economical interrelations. The feudal anarchy grew in the country. Weak monarc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |