Aspindsa
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Aspindsa ასპინძა |
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| Region : | Samtskhe Javakheti | ||
| Municipality : | Aspindsa | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 34 ′ N , 43 ° 15 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 1,090 m. ü. M. | ||
| Residents : | 2,379 (2014) | ||
| Time zone : | Georgian Time (UTC + 4) | ||
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Aspindsa ( Georgian ასპინძა ) is a Daba ( minor city ) in the Georgian administrative region of Samtskhe-Javakheti .
geography
Aspindsa is located at an altitude of 1090 m on the Kura River, 34 kilometers southeast of Akhaltsikhe . It has 2379 inhabitants (2014). Aspindsa is the administrative center of Aspindsa Municipality .
history
The word "Aspindsa" is derived from a Persian word "اسب انداز”Which means“ a place to rest ”. The city was founded in 888, as Leonti Mroweli ( Georgian ლეონტი მროველი ) relates -
"Nasra was caught near Samtskhe and killed by Aspindsa in 888"
At the end of the 16th century, Aspindsa was conquered by the Ottoman Turks . According to her census, "Aspindsa was a large village made up of 50 families with gardens and orchards". The village is mentioned in the chronicles of Sumbat Davitisdze ( Georgian სუმბატ დავითის ძე ) and Vakhushti ( Georgian ვახუშტი ).
In 1770 a battle between the combined troops of the Turks and the Avars, led by Malachil Unzukul and the Georgian army of Erekle II, took place in front of Aspindze .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ 2014 General Population Census Results. (English)
- ↑ Население городских населённых пунктов Грузии
- ↑ Ivan Jawachishvili : The history of Georgian Nation . 1983, p. 102
- ↑ ჯიქია; გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი. წიგნი III. გამოკვლევა. თბილისი, 1958
- ↑ Хапизов Ш. М .: Жизнь воина и дипломата, павшего жертвой коварства . Ed .: Московский комсомолец в Дагестане. 2015 ( mk.ru ).