Baghdati ( ka, ბაღდათი, tr) is a town of 3,700 people in the

Imereti Imereti ( Georgian: იმერეთი) is a region of Georgia situated in the central-western part of the republic along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni River. Imereti is the most populous region in Georgia. It consists of 11 munic ...

region of western

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, at the edge of the Ajameti forest on the river Khanistsqali, a tributary of the Rioni.

Geography

The town is located at the edge of the Ajameti forest on the left bank of the river Khanistsqali, about west-northwest of

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and south-southeast of

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. The climate of Baghdati can be classified as moderately

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(

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''Cfa'').

History

Baghdati is one of the oldest villages in the historical Imereti region. Its name shares the same origins as the name of the capital of

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, Baghdād: ''Bagh'' 'god' and ''dāti'' 'given', which can be translated as "God-given" or "God's gift" in the

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. When Georgia was

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the

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and during the

Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц� ...

, its name was changed to Baghdadi (russian: Багдади). In 1940, it was renamed Mayakovsky ( ka, მაიაკოვსკი; russian: Маяковский), after the poet

Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (, ; rus, Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский, , vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ məjɪˈkofskʲɪj, Ru-Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.ogg, links=y; – 14 Apr ...

who was born here in 1893.Е. М. Поспелов (Ye. M. Pospelov). "Имена городов: вчера и сегодня (1917–1992). Топонимический словарь." (''City Names: Yesterday and Today (1917–1992). Toponymic Dictionary.'') Москва, "Русские словари", 1993, p. 30. In 1981, Mayakovsky was granted town status. In 1991, slightly modified original name was restored.

Demographics

:Note: Census data 1959–2014

Economy

In Baghdati there is a furniture factory and companies in the food industry (canned food,

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). The nearest railway stations are located in Rioni and Kutaisi.

Culture

Baghdati has the Vladimir Mayakovsky Museum and a National Theatre.

Notable people

(1893–1930), poet

Notes

External links

Municipality of Baghdati
(in Georgian) {{Cities and towns in Georgia (country) Cities and towns in Imereti Populated places in Baghdati Municipality Kutaisi Governorate