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4 unusual facts about Shida Kartli


Irakli Okruashvili

After the Rose Revolution, Okruashvili was appointed the Person Authorized (governor) of the President of Georgia in Shida Kartli (to which breakaway South Ossetia was a de jure part) in November 2003 and established strong anti-corruption and anti-smuggling measures in the region.

Khidirbegishvili

The family Islamized during the Ottoman conquest of the southern Georgian province of Akhaltsikhe in the 16th century, but then partially removed to Inner Kartli, reconverted to Christianity, and was enfeoffed with the locale called Khashuri in 1630.

Nersianid Dynasty

Appearing in the late 5th century, in the reign of King Vakhtang I of Iberia (c. 447-522), they figure in the eighth as dukes of Inner Iberia and twice attained, in the persons of Adarnase III and his son Nerse, to the office of Presiding Prince (erismtavari) of Iberia between c.

Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia

The Provisional Administration of South Ossetia is an administrative body that Georgia regards as the legal government of South Ossetia, even though ths administrative entity was formally abolished by the Georgian authorities in 1990, and currently the area is considered a part part of the Shida Kartli region.


Ivane Amilakhvari

He was born in the village Chala in what is now Shida Kartli region (then under Russian rule) to a prominent Georgian aristocratic family.


see also

Kaspi Municipality

The district occupies Shida Kartli plain, stretching on the both sides of Kura River - bordering southern parts of Greater Caucasus to the North and Trialeti Range to the South.