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Sartichala
Sartichala ( ka, სართიჭალა ) is a village situated in Kvemo Kartli, Eastern Georgia, and is part of the Gardabani Municipality. According to the 2002 population census of Georgia the population of the village amounted to 7041 persons, making it the 5th largest village in the country. History Sartichala as a settlement is first recorded in 1578, by Vakhushti and Ioane Batonishvili. At that time, the village used to be called Satischala ( ka, სათისჭალა ). On September 21, 1818 the first German settlement in the South Caucasus, Marienfeld (near Tbilisi, along the Kakheti highway, now part of Sartichala), was established by a group of Swabian Germans. Within the next year five more colonies were established, one of them being Petersdorf near Marienfeld which is now part of Sartichala. From October 1941 to April 1942, most of Georgia's German families, in total 19,186 people, were deported by the Soviet authorities from the republic. The est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardabani Municipality
__NOTOC__ Gardabani ( ka, გარდაბნის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Gardabnis Municiṕaliťeťi'') is a municipality in Georgia's southern region Kvemo Kartli. It covers an area of . As of 2021 it had a population of 80,329 people. The city of Gardabani is its administrative centre. Modern History After the annexation of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti by the Russian Empire in 1801, the area of modern Gardabani administratively became part of the Tiflis Uyezd, which itself was part of the successive governates Georgia Governorate, Georgia-Imeretia Governorate and finally between 1846 and 1917 the Tiflis Governorate. Within the Tiflis Uyezd, present day Gardabani was located in the western half of the administrative uchastoks Karayaz (Караязский участок) and Sartachal (Сартачальский участок). The southern part (Karayaz) was mainly inhabited by Azerbaijanis, who at the time were referred to as Tatars like other Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |