Martvili
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Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti is a region in western Georgia which includes the historical Georgian provinces of Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti and has Zugdidi as its capital.-Geography:...
province of Western Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
. Its monastery was Samegrelo's clerical centre in the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
. Under Soviet rule, from 1936 to 1990, it was named Gegechkori after the Old Bolshevik
Old Bolshevik
Old Bolshevik , also Old Bolshevik Guard or Old Party Guard, was an unofficial designation for those who were members of the Bolshevik party before the Russian Revolution of 1917, many of whom were either tried and executed by the NKVD during Stalin era purges or died under suspicious...
Sasha Gegechkori
Sasha Gegechkori
Aleksi "Sasha" Gegechkori was a Georgian Bolshevik activist involved in Sovietization of Georgia in 1921.Born of a noble family, Gegechkori joined the revolutionary underground in 1902 and the Bolshevik party in 1908...
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External links
- Martvili Monastery, information about the rich history of the monasterial complex and role it played in the cultural and educational development of the country of Georgia.