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Discover Vake in Georgia

Vake in the region of Georgia (general) is a town located in Georgia - some 31 mi or ( 50 km ) North-West of Tbilisi , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Vake

Local time in Vake is now 04:27 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Tbilisi " with a UTC offset of 4 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Tabriz, Erzurum, Vladikavkaz, Makhachkala, and Grozny. When in this area, you might want to check out Tabriz . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Vake ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

South Ossetia Church Plant

3:39 min by VICTORSEMUKHIN
Views: 157 Rating: 1.00

This short video about beginning our work in planting new church in Tshinval, South Ossetia. Our next trip is in May of 2009, to help repear brocken houses.... Victor. ..

Anannauri - Georgia, 7th June 2008

0:22 min by river2904
Views: 108 Rating: 0.00

Tour at Georgia ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Samtavisi Cathedral

Samtavisi is an eleventh-century Georgian Orthodox cathedral in eastern Georgia, in the region of Shida Kartli, some 45km from the nation’s capital Tbilisi. The cathedral is now one of the centers of the Eparchy of Samtavisi and Gori of the Georgian Orthodox Church. The cathedral is located on the left bank of the Lekhura River, some 11km of the town of Kaspi.

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Located at 42.01 44.41 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: 11th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings, Cathedrals in Georgia (country), Eastern Orthodox church buildings, Shida Kartli

Russia–Georgia war

The Russia–Georgia War of 2008 (also known as the Five-Day War, 2008 South Ossetia Conflict or August War) was an armed conflict in August 2008 between Georgia on one side, and Russia and the separatist governments of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on the other. The 1991–1992 South Ossetia War between ethnic Georgians and Ossetians had left slightly more than a half of South Ossetia under de facto control of a Russian-backed, internationally unrecognised government.

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Located at 41.99 44.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Invasions of Georgia (country), Russia–Georgia war

Timeline of the Russia–Georgia war

The 2008 South Ossetia war began on August 7, 2008 and involves Georgia, Russian Federation, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

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Located at 41.99 44.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Russia–Georgia war, Timelines of military conflicts since 1945

Kaspi

For other uses, see Victoria Kaspi (born 1967), an American/Canadian astrophysicist. See Caspians for the ancient people. Kaspi is a town in central Georgia on the Mtkvari River. It is a center of Kaspi district, one of the four districts in Shida Kartli region. Founded in the early Middle Ages, the town turned into possession of the Amilakhvari noble family in the 15th century. Kaspi officially acquired a town's status in 1959 and, as of 2002, had the population of 15,200.

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Located at 41.92 44.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Cities and towns in Shida Kartli

Armazi

Armazi is a locale in Georgia, 2 km northwest of Mtskheta and 22 km north of Tbilisi. A part of historical Greater Mtskheta, it is a place where the ancient city of the same name and the original capital of the early Georgian kingdom of Kartli or Iberia was located. It particularly flourished in the early centuries CE and was destroyed by the Arab invasion in the 730s.

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Located at 42.17 44.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Georgia (country), Former cities in Georgia (country), Museums in Georgia (country), Razed cities