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    Svaneti or Svanetia (Svan: შუ̂ან, ლემშუ̂ანიერა shwan, lemshwaniera, Suania in ancient sources; Georgian: სვანეთი Svaneti) is a historic province in the...
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    Principality of Svaneti (Georgian: სვანეთის სამთავრო, romanized: svanetis samtavro) was a small principality (samtavro) in the Svaneti region of the Greater...
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    Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti (Georgian: სამეგრელო-ზემო სვანეთი) is a region (Mkhare) in western Georgia with a population of 308,358 (2021) and a surface of...
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    occupation. Abkhazia Samegrelo- Zemo Svaneti Guria Adjara Samtskhe- Javakheti Imereti Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Shida Kartli Kvemo Kartli Mtskheta-...
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    Svaneti Range (Georgian: სვანეთის ქედი) is an 85 km long sub-mountain range of the Greater Caucasus, in the Svaneti region of Georgia, located south of...
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    Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti (Georgian: რაჭა-ლეჩხუმი და ქვემო სვანეთი, Rach’a-Lechkhumi da Kvemo Svaneti) is a region (mkhare) in northwestern Georgia...
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    and Tenili (ტენილი - a preserved, hand-pulled cheese). Main dishes from Svaneti include Kubdari (კუბდარი - also known as Svan Khachapuri, a kind of Khachapuri...
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    Svaneti man in Mestia, Georgian SSR, 1929...
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  • The 1987 Svaneti avalanches was a series of massive avalanches in the northwest Caucasus highlands of the then-Soviet republic of Georgia, which hit,...
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    Stavropol Krai Karachay-Cherkessia Georgia Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Karachay-Cherkessia Russia Kabardino-Balkaria Stavropol...
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    Kvemo Kartli, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, and Shida Kartli. Tbilisi itself is divided...
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    Free Svaneti (Georgian: თავისუფალი სვანეთი, t'avisup'ali svanet'i; Russian: Вольная Сванетия, vol'naya svanetiya) was a name applied to the self-governing...
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    defences and could be taken for the most part only by storming. The auls of Svaneti, Georgia, with their distinctive medieval towers, have been recognized...
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    from the mountainous western Georgian province of Svaneti. They ruled the Principality of Svaneti from the 1720s to 1857. Although the Dadeshkeliani...
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    northern part of the neighboring mountainous province of Svaneti to form the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, the capital of which is Mingrelia's main city...
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    Ushguli (category Svaneti)
    community of five villages located at the head of the Enguri gorge in Svaneti, Georgia. Ushguli is one of the highest continuously inhabited settlements...
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  • Salt for Svanetia (Georgian: მარილი სვანეთს marili svanets; Russian: Соль Сванетии, romanized: Sol' Svanetii) is a 1930 Soviet-Georgian silent documentary...
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    Svan towers (category Buildings and structures in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti)
    defensive dwellings in the Georgian historical region of Svaneti (present-day Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti). These towers are unique to the region and were primarily...
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    Kvemo Kartli Mtskheta- Mtianeti Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Samegrelo- Zemo Svaneti Samtskhe- Javakheti Shida Kartli Tbilisi Black Sea Armenia...
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  • recently established Bolshevik regime in Georgia. The uprising broke out in Svaneti, a highland western Georgian province, almost immediately after the Red...
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    The Svaneti uprising of 1875–1876 also known as Svaneti-Khalde revolt, was an uprising directed against the policy of Russian Tsar Alexander II's administration...
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  • Georgian family name from Svaneti region, in the north-western Georgia. Nakani family name comes from these towns of Svaneti: Becho, Etseri, Latali, Lenjeri...
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    the last prince (mtavari) of the western Georgian mountainous region of Svaneti from 1841 to 1857. The eldest son of Prince Mikheil (Tsiok) Dadeshkeliani...
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    Shkhara (category Mountains of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti)
    border, in Russia's Kabardino-Balkaria region on the northern side, and the Svaneti region of Georgia in the south. Shkhara lies 88 kilometres (55 mi) north...
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    728 230.09 9.00 4 Kvemo Kartli 5,486 1,655 217.45 8.65 5 Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti 3,331 1,290 158.21 5.25 6 Kakheti 3,230 830 289.15 5.09 7 Shida Kartli...
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    Caucasus mountains in Svaneti, Georgia...
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    Mestia (category Cities and towns in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti)
    feet) in the Caucasus Mountains. Mestia is located in the Svaneti region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti province (mkhare), some 128 kilometres (80 miles) northeast...
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  • Kakhaber I Gurieli c. 1385–1410 Mamia Gurieli c. 1450–1469 Kakhaber II Gurieli 1469–1483 Giorgi I Gurieli 1483–1512 Mamia I Gurieli 1512–1534 Rostom Gurieli...
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    Svans (category Svaneti)
    are an ethnic subgroup of the Georgians (Kartvelians) living mostly in Svaneti, a region in northwest Georgia. They speak the Svan language and are mostly...
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    current subdivision, Racha is included in the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region (mkhare) as the municipalities of Oni and Ambrolauri. Racha occupies...
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