Kartli

	Email		Print
	Bookmark		Link

Kartli

Kartli is the largest and most populated province of Eastern 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....
. It includes the Georgian capital, Tbilisi

Tbilisi

Tbilisi , is the capital city and the largest city of Georgia , lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form Tpilisi and it was officially known as ?????? in Russian, until 1936....
, and two other major cities, Gori

Gori

Gori may refer to:...
and Rustavi

Rustavi

Rustavi or Rust'avi is a city in the southeast of Georgia , in the province of Kvemo Kartli, situated 16 miles southeast of the capital Tbilisi....
. It is bordered by the mountain-range of the Greater Caucasus to the north, by the province of Kakheti

Kakheti

Kakheti is a province in Eastern Georgia . It is bordered by the small mountainous province of Tusheti and mountain-range of Greater Caucasus to the north, Azerbaijan to the east and the south, and the Georgian province of Kartli to the west....
to the east, by 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....
and Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
to the south, by 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....
and the 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....
region to the south-west and by the province of Imereti

Imereti

Imereti Province is a province in Georgia situated along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni river. It consists of the following Georgian administrative-territorial units:...
to the west.

In the 3rd century BC the ancient eastern Georgian Kingdom of Kartli, also known as Iberia

Caucasian Iberia

Iberia , also known as Iveria , was a name given by the ancient Ancient Greece and Roman Empire to the ancient Georgia kingdom of Kartli corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia....
, was established here.

Discussion

Ask a question about 'Kartli'

Start a new discussion about 'Kartli'

Answer questions from other users

Full Discussion Forum

Encyclopedia

Kartli is the largest and most populated province of Eastern Georgia

Georgia (country)

Tbilisi

Gori

Gori may refer to:...
and Rustavi

Rustavi

Kakheti

Azerbaijan

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
to the south, by Turkey

Turkey

Samtskhe-Javakheti

Imereti

Caucasian Iberia

Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
the official religion of Kartli in AD 337. In the early Middle Ages

Middle Ages

File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
, Kartli lost its political importance because of the struggle between the king and strong feudal rulers, as well as the aggression of the strong Persian

Persian Empire

The 'Persian Empire' was a series of successive Iranian or Persianization empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland, and beyond in Southwest Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus....
Kingdom. Even so, in a way, it remained Georgia's leader because of the independence of its Church and culture from Byzantine

Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
influence. Kartli was part of the united Georgian Kingdom in the central Middle Ages. (Georgia was united at the beginning of the 11th century, but Tbilisi, Kartli's main city, was not liberated until 1122. Immediately afterwards, the Georgian capital moved from Kutaisi

Kutaisi

Kutaisi is Georgia 's second largest city and the capital of the western region of Imereti. It is 221 km to the west of Tbilisi....
to Tbilisi.) After the disintegration of the united Kingdom in the 15th century, Kartli became an independent Kingdom, which suffered from frequent Persian invasions. In 1762, the Kingdom of Kartli was united with the neighboring Kingdom of Kakheti

Kingdom of Kakheti

The Kingdom of Kakheti was a late medieval/early modern monarchy in Eastern Georgia Georgia , centered at the mkhare of Kakheti, with its capital first at Gremi and then at Telavi....
. This Kingdom too was soon weakened by the Persian aggression. In 1801 the Kingdom of Kartl-Kakheti

Kartl-Kakheti

The Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti was created in 1762 by the unification of two eastern Georgia kingdoms, which had existed independently since the disintegration of the united Georgian Kingdom in the 15th century....
was annexed to the Russian Empire

Russian Empire

File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
. Kartli was part of the independent Democratic Republic of Georgia

Democratic Republic of Georgia

The Democratic Republic of Georgia , 1918?1921, was the first modern establishment of a Republic of Georgia .The DRG was created after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917....
in 1918-1921, of the Transcaucasian SFSR

Transcaucasian SFSR

The Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic , also known as the Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Transcaucasian SFSR and the TSFSR for short, was a short-lived republics of the Soviet Union....
in 1922-1936 (whose capital was Tbilisi, the province's and Georgia's main city), and of the Georgian SSR

Georgian SSR

The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Georgian SSR for short, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union that made up the former Soviet Union....
in 1936-1991.

Since the disintegration of the USSR in 1991, Kartli is part of the independent Republic of Georgia, while Tbilisi, Kartli's main city, is the nation's capital. Besides Tbilisi, the province of Kartli is divided into three administrative regions: Kvemo Kartli

Kvemo Kartli

Kvemo Kartli is a historic province and current administrative region in southeastern Georgia . The city of Rustavi is a regional capital. The population is mixed between Azeris and Georgians , who constituted a majority of the population....
(the capital of which is Rustavi

Rustavi

Rustavi or Rust'avi is a city in the southeast of Georgia , in the province of Kvemo Kartli, situated 16 miles southeast of the capital Tbilisi....
), Mtskheta-Mtianeti

Mtskheta-Mtianeti

Mtskheta-Mtianeti is a region in eastern Georgia comprising the town of Mtskheta, which serves as a regional capital, together with its district and the adjoining mountainous areas....
(with Mtskheta

Mtskheta

Mtskheta , one of the oldest cities of the country of Georgia , is located approximately 20 kilometers northeast of Tbilisi at the confluence of the Aragvi and Mtkvari rivers....
as its capital) and Shida Kartli

Shida Kartli

Shida Kartli is a region in Georgia . It consists of the following districts: Gori District, Georgia, Kaspi district, Georgia, Kareli district, Georgia, Java district, Georgia, Khashuri district, Georgia....
(the capital of which is Gori

Gori

Gori may refer to:...
). The last region officially includes, inter alia, the historical district of Samachablo

Samachablo

Samachablo is a historical district in Shida Kartli, Georgia , which currently lies entirely within the breakaway South Ossetia. The name Samachablo derives from the Georgian aristocratic family of Machabeli who once held possession of the area....
, the majority of whose population is Ossetian

Ossetians

The Ossetians are an Iranian peoples ethnic group indigenous peoples to Ossetia, a region that spans the Caucasus Mountains. The Ossetians mostly populate North Ossetia-Alania in Russia, and South Ossetia a large part of which is now de facto independent....
since the 18th century and which had the status of an autonomous district within the Georgian SSR during the Soviet period (1922-1991). Since the 1991–1992 South Ossetia War, this district, which has since 1921 been known as South Ossetia

South Ossetia

South Ossetia is a disputed region in the South Caucasus. Since its declaration of independence from Georgia in 1991 during the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, it is governed by the International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Republic of South Ossetia, which claims the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within t...
, is de facto
De facto

De facto is a Latin expression that means "concerning the fact" or in practice but not necessarily ordained by law. It is commonly used in contrast to de jure when referring to matters of law, governance, or technique that are found in the common experience as created or developed without or contrary to a regulation....
an independent state, although the majority of countries do not recognize its sovereignty.