Kistauri ( ka, ქისტაური) is a village in the Akhmeta district,

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 ...

region, Georgia. Located east from Akhmeta and west from Telavi. The village lies on the right bank of

Alazani River The Alazani ( ka, ალაზანი, az, Qanıx) is a river that flows through the Caucasus. It is the main tributary of the Kura in eastern Georgia, and flows for . Part of its path forms the border between Georgia and Azerbaijan, before i ...

, in the northeastern foothills of the

Gombori Range The Tsiv-Gombori ( ka, ცივ-გომბორის ქედი) or Gombori (გომბორი) is a mountain range in the Georgian section of Greater Caucasus mountains. It is located in the province of Kakheti, eastern Georgia, and st ...

. According to the population census data of Georgia (2014), 1,729 people live in Kistauri. This village was the homeland for Georgian poet and

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

Raphael Eristavi.

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file:Village kistauri.jpg, View of Kistauri from south file:Museum of rafiel eristavi.jpg, Museum of Raphael Eristavi file:Kvelatsminda of kistauri.jpg, Kvelatsminda Church near Kistauri

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*{{in lang, ka GSE, (1986) volume X, page 537, Tbilisi. Populated places in Kakheti

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