Kartsakhi ( ka, კარწახი, hy, Կարծախ) also spelled Kartsakh and Karzakh is a village in
Akhalkalaki Municipality,
Samtskhe–Javakheti,
Georgia
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. It is located on the bank of
Kartsakhi Lake
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Kartsakhi Lake (Georgian: კარწახის ტბა, ''karts'akhis tba''), or Lake Khozapini ( ka, ხოზაფინის ტბა, ''khozap'inis tba''; Turkish: ''Hazapin Gölü''), or Lake Aktaş ( tr, Aktaş Gölü), is ...
, the second largest lake in the country.
History
The village is located on the road connecting
Akhalkalaki to the
border
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with
Turkey
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. The Karcachi railway station is the last stop on the Georgian side of the
Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway
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.
Near the village there is the
Kartsakhi nature reserve.
Notable people
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Jivani
Jivani ( hy, Ջիվանի, 1846–1909), born Serob Stepani Levonian ( hy, Սերոբ Ստեփանի Լևոնյան; also known as Serovbe Stepani Benkoyan, hy, Սերովբե Ստեփանի Բենկոյան), was an Armenian ''Ashik, ashugh ...
(1846–1909)
*
Karapet Chobanyan (1927–1978)
References
Populated places in Samtskhe–Javakheti
Geography of Samtskhe–Javakheti
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