საქართველო

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For the U.S. state, see Georgia (U.S. state).

ქართული: საქართველო — ქვეყანა ევრაზიაში, კავკასიაში, შავი ზღვის აღმოსავლეთ სანაპიროზე.

English: Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, partially in Eastern Europe and partially in Southwestern Asia.

Русский: Грузия - государство в центральной и западной части Закавказья на юго-восточном побережье Чёрного моря

Kaszëbsczi: Grëzóńskô je państwã w Azëji.

‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: Georgia er et land i Kaukasus, i grenseområdet mellom Europa og Asia.

Polski: Gruzja – państwo na Kaukazie Południowym.

Português: Geórgia é uma pequena república do Cáucaso localizada na fronteira entre Europa e Ásia.

Українська: Грузія - країна в Євразії, на східному узбережжі Чорного моря, більша частина якої знаходиться на Південному Кавказі, а менша — на Північному Кавказі.

[edit] Symbols

Coat of Arms of Georgia	Flag of Georgia	ქართული: საქართველოს დროშა English: Flag of Georgia	ქართული: საქართველოს გერბი English: Coat of arms of Georgia
English: Former Georgian coat of arms, 1918-1921, 1991-2004	English: Former Georgian coat of arms, 1918-1921, 1991-2004

[edit] Maps

Map of Georgia

Regions of Georgia

Urartu at its greatest extent in the time of Sarduris II, 743 BC

Early Georgian states 600-150 BC

Maps are included in the

Wikimedia Atlas of Georgia

.

[edit] Geography / Geografia

Satellite image of Georgia, May 2003	Sunset in Abkhazia	Black Sea	Devil's Valley
Mountains of Georgia - Shkhara	Vashlovani State Reserve	Rivers of Georgia - Kura River	Resorts in Georgia - Gudauri

[edit] Cities / Miasta

[edit] Tbilisi

Tbilisi at night	TBC Bank in Tbilisi	Tbilisi city hall	Café in Tbilisi
Orbeliani Baths in Abanotubani, Tbilisi	Balcony in Old Tbilisi	Metekhi district	Pedestrian Street

[edit] Batumi

Batumi city centre	Batumi by night	Batumi streets	Batumi
Mosque in Batumi	Beach of Batumi	Port of Batumi	Batumi boulevard

[edit] Borjomi

Likani Palace

A house in Borjomi

Bridge over Kura River in Borjomi

[edit] Gori

A cathedral in Gori, view from the Gori Fortress	Gori Fortress	Gori city hall	Market in Gori
Train station	Mtkvari in Gori	Occupation of Gori. A Russian missile lies largely intact in the master bedroom of a home in Gori.

[edit] Other cities / Inne miasta

Mtskheta in 1996	Mtskheta, Jvari monastery	Gagra, Old Town	Gudauta
Kutaisi, Gelati Monastery	Pitsunda, the view of Caucasus mountains and the Black Sea shore	Old houses in Sighnaghi	Dadiani Palace in Zugdidi

[edit] Provinces

Waterfall in Abkhazia	Adjara, Council of Ministers	Imereti	Shavnabada Monastery in Javakheti
Khevsureti	Tskhinvali, South Ossetia	Svaneti	Tusheti

[edit] Castles & Fortresses

Ananuri	Gori Fortress	Keselo	Khertvisi
Lebaiskari Fortress	Narikala	Shatili	Surami Fortress

[edit] Religious buildings

[edit] History

An ancient Abkhazian dolmen	Uplistikhe	Akhaltsikhe siege 1828	Declaration of Independence, 1918
Red Army in Tbilisi, 1921	Inauguration of president Saakashvili, 2004	cross	Georgian soldiers in Iraq, May 2006

[edit] Georgia in the eyes of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii

Works of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944), a Russian photographer, pictures taken 1909-1915

View of Tbilisi, Georgia	Spa in Borjomi, Georgia	Cotton field in Sukhumi Botanical Garden, Georgia	Tea harvest on east coast of Black Sea, Georgia
Chinese Foreman at the Chakva Tea Farm, north of Batumi, Georgia	Tea weighing station located at the Chakva tea farm and processing plant just north of Batumi, Georgia	View of the Likani Palace from the Kura river. Borjomi, Georgia

[edit] Culture

Tbilisi Opera House	Rustaveli Theatre in Tbilisi	Mosque in Batumi	Tbilisi synagogue
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral	Gremi	Georgian dance	Folk art, ArtGene Festival 2008

[edit] Transport

Tbilisi Metro - Rustaveli station	Train in Georgia	A bus in Tbilisi	Tbilisi International Airport. Main Terminal
Tbilisi International Airport

[edit] People

Solomon Dodashvili, Georgian philoshopher	Niko Pirosmani, Georgian painter	David Bakradze, Speaker of Parliament of Georgia	Shota Rustaveli, Georgian poet
Nino Burjanadze, former Speaker of Parliament of Georgia	Vazha-Pshavela. Georgian poet	Tamar, Georgian Queen	Sopho Khalvashi, vocalist
Katie Melua, a singer

[edit] Presidents

Zviad Gamsakhurdia - First President of Georgia

Eduard Shevardnadze - 2nd President of Georgia

Mikhail Saakashvili, 3rd President of Georgia, with George W. Bush

Alaverdi Monastery	Anchiskhati Basilica	Bagrati Cathedral	Betania Monastery
David Gareja Monastery	Gergeti Trinity Church	Kutaisi Synagogue	Martvili Monastery
Mosque in Tbilisi	New Athos Monastery	Oni Synagogue	Sameba Cathedral