Gantiadi

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Gantiadi
განთიადი (Georgian)
Цандрыҧшь (Abkhaz)

Tsandrypsh
Urban-type settlement
Basilica in Gantiadi (6th century AD)
Basilica in Gantiadi (6th century AD)
Location in Abkhazia
Location in Abkhazia
Gantiadi is located in Georgia (country)
Gantiadi
Gantiadi
Location in Georgia
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Country Georgia (Abkhazia[note 1])
District Gagra
Government
 • Mayor Albert Tarkil[1]
 • First Deputy Mayor Karapet Karagozyan[1]
 • Second Deputy Mayor Grigori Kasparyan[1]
Population (2011)
 • Total 5,170
Time zone MSK (UTC+3)

Gantiadi (Georgian: განთიადი [gɑntʰiɑdi]; Russian: Гантиади) or Tsandryphsh (Abkhaz: Цандрыҧшь; Russian: Цандрыпш), is an urban-type settlement on the Black Sea coast in Georgia in the Gagra District of Abkhazia,[note 1] 5 km from the Russian border.

Name

Gantiadi in historical times, was known as Sauchi (Russian: Саучи). Then, until 1944 as Yermolov, after the Russian general Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov. From 1944 until 1991, settlement was known as Gantiadi (Georgian: განთიადი, Russian: Гантиади), from the Georgian word for Dawn. After the 1992-93 war in Abkhazia Gantiadi was renamed as Tsandrypsh by de facto government, but name Gantiadi is still used informally among Abkhazians and widely in other languages.[2] Name Tsandrypsh derives from the princely family Tsanba.

History

Gantiadi is said to be the historical capital of the principality of Saniga before the 6th century AD. It later became the capital of Sadzen.[2]

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Census, Gantiadi had a population of 5,170. Of these, 55.9% were Armenians, 19.6% Abkhaz, 18.4% Russians, 1.2% Ukrainians, 0.9% Georgians and 0.7% Greeks.[3]

Main sights

Tsandryphsh houses 6th century Georgian Christian church.[4] Joseph Stalin's personal residence is also located here.[citation needed]

External links

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Abkhazia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider Abkhazia de jure a part of Georgia's territory. In Georgia's official subdivision it is an autonomous republic, whose government sits in exile in Tbilisi.

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. 2011 Census results
  4. V. Jaoshvili, R. Rcheulishvili, Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, V. 2, p. 680, Tbilisi, 1977.


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