Shaumiani ( ka, შაუმიანი, ) is village in the

Marneuli Municipality Marneuli ( ka, მარნეულის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ) is a municipality in Georgia, in the region of Kvemo Kartli. Its administrative center and main town is Marneuli. Location Marneuli Municipality is s ...

Kvemo Kartli Kvemo Kartli ( ka, ქვემო ქართლი ) or "Lower Kartli", is a historic province and current administrative region (mkhare) in southeastern Georgia. The city of Rustavi is the regional capital. Location Kvemo Kartli is a region ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

. Until 1925 it was named Shulaveri or Shulaver (), later being renamed after

Stepan Shahumyan Stepan Georgevich Shaumian (; ; 1 October 1878 – 20 September 1918) was an Armenians, Armenian Bolsheviks, Bolshevik revolutionary and politician active throughout the Caucasus. His role as a leader of the Russian Revolution in the Caucasus ...

. As of 2014, when it was downgraded from a small town ('' daba'') to a village, its population was 3,107 persons. It was the administrative center of the Borchaly uezd of the

Tiflis Governorate Tiflis Governorate was a province ('' guberniya'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire with its administrative centre in Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi). In 1897, it constituted in area and had a population of 1,051,032 inhabitants. ...

until 1929, and of the Borchaly Rayon until 1947 when it was transferred to Marneuli and the district was renamed.

Notable inhabitants

* Maro Markarian, Armenian poet * Benjamin Markarian, Armenian astronomer * Alexander Melik-Pashayev, Armenian conductor

Archaeology

There are some important archaeological sites in this area, including those belonging to the prehistoric

Shulaveri–Shomu culture The Shulaveri–Shomu culture, also known as the Shulaveri-Shomutepe-Aratashen culture, is an archaeological culture that existed on the territory of present-day Georgia (country), Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia, as well as parts of northern Ir ...

. 'Shulaveri', the old name of Shaumiani, is the

type site In archaeology, a type site (American English) or type-site (British English) is the site used to define a particular archaeological culture or other typological unit, which is often named after it. For example, discoveries at La Tène and H ...

, and a part of the name of Shulaveri–Shomu culture. Research in this area emerged especially in the 21st century.

References

Populated places in Marneuli Municipality Tiflis Governorate Shulaveri–Shomu culture {{Georgia-geo-stub

Notable inhabitants

Archaeology

See also

References