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3 unusual facts about Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti


Ambrolauri Museum of Fine Arts

Ambrolauri Museum of Fine Arts — established in 1965, located in the regional capital of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti in Ambrolauri.

Prokofy Dzhaparidze

Prokofy Dzhaparidze was born in Schardometi village of Racha, Kutaisi Governorate in the Russian Empire (present-day Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Republic of Georgia) to a Georgian family of landowners.

Usakhelauri

The Usakhelauri grape, from which Usakhelauri red wine is made, is grown on the mountain slopes of the Lechkhumi district in Racha, in western Georgia, mainly near the villages of Okhureshi, Aubi and Isunderi.


Catholicate of Abkhazia

It was headed by the Catholicos (later, Catholicos Patriarch), officially styled as the Catholicos Patriarch of Imereti, Odishi, Ponto-Abkhaz-Guria, Racha-Lechkhum-Svaneti, Ossetians, Dvals, and all of the North.

Dara Academy

In 1888, the school was named "Phra Racha Chaya Girls' School" after Phra Racha Chaya (พระราชชายา) Chao Dara Rasmi (ดารารัศมี), a princess from the Thipjakrathiwong dynasty of Chiang Mai.

Gozinaki

In the western Georgian provinces of Imereti and Racha, it was sometimes called Churchkhela, a name more commonly applied to walnuts sewn onto a string, dipped in thickened white grape juice and dried.

Inguri River

It is 213 km long, originates in northeastern Svaneti near the region of Racha and plays an important role providing hydroelectric power to the area.


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