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Akhalkalaki ( for New City; , Akhalkalak) is a small city in Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
's southern region of Samtskhe-Javakheti
Samtskhe-Javakheti

Meskheti-Javakheti is a region in southern Georgia , with Akhaltsikhe as its capital. Samtskhe-Javakheti comprises six administrative districts: Akhaltsikhe, Adigeni, Aspindza, Borjomi, Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda....
 with a population of 60,975. Akhalkalaki lies on the edge of the Javakheti Volcanic Plateau. The city is located about 30 km from the border with Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
. 90 percent of the city's population are ethnic Armenians
Armenians

The Armenians are a nation and ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands. A large concentration of them has remained there, especially in Armenia, but many of them are also scattered elsewhere throughout the world ....
. The city was passed from Ottomans to Russians
Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavs ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries.The English language term Russians is used to refer to the citizens of Russia, regardless of their ethnicity ; in Russian language, the demonym Russian is translated as Rossiyanin ....
 after Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829). Under the Ottoman rule, the town was known as Ahilkelek.






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Akhalkalaki ( for New City; , Akhalkalak) is a small city in Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
's southern region of Samtskhe-Javakheti
Samtskhe-Javakheti

Meskheti-Javakheti is a region in southern Georgia , with Akhaltsikhe as its capital. Samtskhe-Javakheti comprises six administrative districts: Akhaltsikhe, Adigeni, Aspindza, Borjomi, Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda....
 with a population of 60,975. Akhalkalaki lies on the edge of the Javakheti Volcanic Plateau. The city is located about 30 km from the border with Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
. 90 percent of the city's population are ethnic Armenians
Armenians

The Armenians are a nation and ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands. A large concentration of them has remained there, especially in Armenia, but many of them are also scattered elsewhere throughout the world ....
. The city was passed from Ottomans to Russians
Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavs ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries.The English language term Russians is used to refer to the citizens of Russia, regardless of their ethnicity ; in Russian language, the demonym Russian is translated as Rossiyanin ....
 after Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829). Under the Ottoman rule, the town was known as Ahilkelek. On January 4, 1900, an earthquake destroyed much of the town and killed 1,000 people in the area .

Transport


In April 2005, an agreement was signed to build a new railway connecting Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
 with Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
 and Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan , is the largest and most populous country in the South Caucasus, located partially in Eastern Europe and partially in Western Asia....
, passing through Akhalkalaki. This would bypass an existing line through Gyumri
Gyumri

Gyumri is the capital and largest city of the Shirak Province in northwest Armenia. It is located about 75 miles from the capital Yerevan, and, with a population of 168,918 ...
 in Armenia
Transport in Armenia

Railways:total:825 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial linesbroad gauge:825 km 1.520-m gauge There is no service south of Yerevan....
 which has been closed for political reasons since the 1990s. It is not clear where the break-of-gauge
Break-of-gauge

With railways, a break-of-gauge is where a line of one rail gauge meets a line of a different gauge. Trains and Railroad car cannot run through without some form of Gauge conversion, and Cargo and passengers must otherwise be transloaded....
 will be.

Bases


The city was a home to the Soviet
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
-era 147th Motor Rifle Division (part of the 9th Army
9th Army (Soviet Union)

The 9th Army of the Soviet Union's Red Army was a Soviet military formation, active from 1939 ? 43, and then after the war from 1966 to 1989....
 of the Transcaucasian Military District
Transcaucasian Military District

The Transcaucasian Military District, a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces, traces its history to May 1921 and the incorporation of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia into the USSR....
) up until the early 1990s. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Division became the Russian 62nd Military Base which was officially transferred, according to the Sochi agreement
Sochi agreement

The Sochi agreement was a ceasefire agreement ostensibly marking the end of the both the Georgian?Ossetian conflict and Georgian?Abkhazian conflicts, signed in Sochi on June 24, 1992 between Georgia and South Ossetia, the ceasefire with Abkhazia on July 27, 1993....
, to Georgia on June 27, 2007.

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