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Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue (Georgian: ილია ჭავჭავაძის გამზირი) is one of the main avenues of Tbilisi and is named after the writer Ilia Chavchavadze. The avenue is located on the right bank of the Kura River in the Vake district of Tbilisi and is a continuation of Melikishvili and Rustaveli Avenue.
Vake (Georgian: ვაკე [v ɑ kʼ ɛ]) is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of Tbilisi, Georgia, [ 3 ] on the right bank of the river Mtkvari; it is part of Vake District. The name originated in the 19th century, meaning a plain or flat place. [citation needed] Vake is a settlement that originated on the territory of Old Vera.
Tbilisi State University, Corpus I on Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue, Vake Tbilisi State University building backside in 1918. Tbilisi State University was founded in 1918 owing to the leadership of Georgian historian Ivane Javakhishvili and the group of his followers.
Tbilisi (English: / t ə b ɪ ˈ l iː s i, t ə ˈ b ɪ l ɪ s i / ⓘ tə-bil-EE-see, tə-BIL-iss-ee; [7] Georgian: თბილისი, pronounced [ˈtʰbilisi] ⓘ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis [a] (/ ˈ t ɪ f l ɪ s / ⓘ TIF-liss), [7] (Georgian: ტფილისი, romanized: t'pilisi) is the capital and largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of ...
113 dead. Around 700 injured. The 1991–1992 Georgian coup d'état, also known as the Tbilisi War, or the Putsch of 1991–1992, was an internal military conflict that took place in the newly independent Republic of Georgia following the fall of the Soviet Union, from 22 December 1991 to 6 January 1992. The coup, which triggered the Georgian ...
Vake Park ( Georgian: ვაკის პარკი) is a public park in Tbilisi. The park was opened in 1946 and is located in the Vake district of Tbilisi at the western end of Chavchavadze Avenue. [1] A World War II memorial [2] sits at the top of the hill in the park. From the north, Vake Park and Chavchavadze Avenue are connected by a ...
The former student halls on Chavchavadze Ave are buildings in the Vake District of Tbilisi, Georgia. The four two-storey buildings, which used to be residence halls for Tbilisi State University , are mostly populated by the IDPs from Abkhazia region, who escaped the Russian Occupation of the region in the early 1990s.
Prince Ilia Chavchavadze (Georgian: ილია ჭავჭავაძე; 8 November 1837 – 12 September 1907) was a Georgian public figure, journalist, publisher, writer and poet who spearheaded the revival of Georgian nationalism during the second half of the 19th century and ensured the survival of the Georgian language, literature, and culture during the last decades of Tsarist rule.