Ghunib Square ( ka, ღუნიბის მოედანი, tr) was a square in Old Tbilisi on the site where the
Georgian Parliament building now stands on
Rustaveli Avenue
Rustaveli Avenue ( ka, რუსთაველის გამზირი, ''Rust'avelis Gamziri''), formerly known as ''Golovin Street'', is the central avenue in Tbilisi named after the medieval Georgian poet, Shota Rustaveli.
The avenue st ...
. The square was named to commemorate the capture of Shamil's fortress -
Gunib
Gunib ( av, Гъуниб), also spelled Ghunib,e.g., Francis Galton, ''Vacation Tourists and Notes of Travel in 1860 861, 1862-3', Vol. 3, p. 81; Moshe Gammer, ''Muslim Resistance to the Tsar: Shamil and the Conquest of Chechnia and Daghestan' ...
, in
Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...
by the Russian army on March 25, 1859. In connection with the construction of the
Alexander Nevsky Military Temple in 1897, the square was renamed the Temple Square ("Soborn"), but it virtually ceased to exist.
bibliography
*Kvirkvelia, T., Old Tbilisi Names, p. 89. "Soviet Georgia", Tbilisi, 1985
*Dzidziguri M., Iosebidze D. On the Establishment of Nikoloz and Ghunib Squares in the XIX Century and Their Further Renovation // Caucasus Herald: (Special Edition
. - 2004. - p. 33-38. Res. Russian. And Engl. In languages
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Squares in Tbilisi
History of Tbilisi