Kakheti is a Region 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. Kakheti is geographically divided into the Inner Kakheti to the east of Tsiv-Gombori mountain-range and the Outer Kakheti to the west of it. The major river of the eastern part is Alazani, of the western part -Iori. Kakhetians speak a local dialect of Georgian.
The Georgian David Gareja monastery complex is partially located in this province and is subject to a border dispute between Georgian and Azerbaijani authorities
Kakheti was an independent feudal principality from the end of the eighth century. It was incorporated into the united Georgian Kingdom at the beginning of the eleventh century, but for less than a decade. Only in the beginning of the twelfth century did Georgian King David the Builder (1089–1125)
incorporate Kakheti to his Kingdom successfully. After the disintegration of the Georgian Kingdom, Kakheti became an independent Kingdom in the 1460s. In 1762, the Kakhetian Kingdom was united with the neighboring Georgian Kingdom of Kartli, with the capital of the former, Telavi, becoming the capital of the united Eastern-Georgian Kingdom of Kartl-Kakheti. Both Kingdoms were weakened by frequent Persian invasions. In 1801 the Kingdom of Kartl-Kakheti was annexed to the Tsarist Russian Empire.
In 1918–1921 Kakheti was part of independent Democratic Republic of Georgia, in 1922–1936 part of Transcaucasian SFSR and in 1936–1991 part of Georgian SSR. Since the Georgian independence in 1991, Kakheti is a region in the Republic of Georgia and Telavi is still its capital.
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Georgia (Georgian: საქართველო, transliterated as
Sakartvelo) is an Eurasian country in the Caucasus located at the
east coast of the Black Sea. It is bordered on the north by Russia, on the south by
Turkey and Armenia,
and on the east by Azerbaijan. It is a transcontinental country, located
at the juncture of Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
Georgia is a representative democracy,
organized as a secular unitary, semi-presidential republic. Georgia was
the second state to adopt Christianity as an official state religion
after Armenia in the
4th century A.D (the traditional date is 337 A.D.
Georgia is currently a member of the
United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent
States, the World Trade Organization and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, and seeks
integration with the European Union and NATO.
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