Streets of Tbilisi

Tbilisi is a city of centuries-old history, the foundation of the city belongs to the V century.

The ancient plans of the city were not preserved, the oldest known one - the plan of Prince Vakhushti - dates from 1735.

The city was repeatedly destroyed by foreign invaders. The latter — the pogrom of the city by the Persian troops of Aga Mohammed Khan of 1795 — practically eradicated the city from the face of the earth.

The restoration of the urban development of historical areas - Avlabari , Kala , Abanotubani - in the beginning of the XIX century took place with a possible change in the tracing of streets. Along with the restoration of historic urban areas, new, organized according to the European model, areas appeared - Sololaki , Mtatsminda , Chugureti - with a rectangular section of the building along wide straight streets.

During the socialist reconstruction, some streets and squares were significantly expanded. Since the 1960s, the reconstruction of the Old Town has been carried out according to a plan developed under the guidance of architect S. Kavlashvili ^[1] .

The streets of the city have experienced several companies by renaming them. The main events occurred during the restoration of the city at the beginning of the 19th century after the Persian pogrom of 1795, during the years of Soviet power , after the restoration of independence in 1991.

The restoration of the city under the Russian administration was accompanied by the assignment to the streets of Russian names - Alekseevskaya, Andreevskaya, Bazarna, Boulevard, Police and others. ^[2] . Due to the fact that a significant percentage of the city’s population were ethnic Armenians, many of the city’s streets bore Armenian names — Madatova, Artsrunchi, Shelkovnikov, Loris-Melikova, Ter-Gukasova, Lazareva, Bebutovskaya, Argutinskaya, Korganovskaya, Nersesovskaya, Dolukhanovskaya, Ashtarakskaya, Egrekara, Egutravskaya, Argutinskaya, Korganovskaya, Nersesovskaya, Dolukhanovskaya, Ashtarakskaya, Argutinskaya, Korganovskaya, Nersesovskaya, Dolukhanovskaya, Ashtarakskaya, Argutinskaya , Vankskaya, Surb-Nshan, Surb-Minas, Surb-Karapetkaya, Norashenskaya, Armenian bazaar ^[3]

Under the Soviet regime (from 1921), the streets were given the names of prominent figures of the communist movement — Lenin, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Stalin, Dzerzhinsky, Kamo, Kirov, etc.

After the restoration of state independence, the former Soviet names changed the names of the personalities of Georgian history, culture, and statehood — Gia Abesadze, Abo Tcpeli, Kote Abkhazi, Anthony Catholicos, Lado Asatiani, Beglar Ahospireli, Baratashvili, Vakhtang Beridze, Zviad Gamsakhurdia ait, Yet, Bratashvili, Vakhtang Beridze, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, and the same; II, Shoti Kavlashvili, Shoti Nishnianidze, Sayat-Nova, Hovhannes Tumanyan, Grigory Khandzteli, Chakhrukhadze, etc. Leningradskaya Street was renamed St. Petersburg .

Architecture Tbilisi / Kvirkvelia T. R. - Moscow: Stroyizdat, 1984. - 311 p. - 17 500 copies

იკლოპედია "თბილისი". 2002 ^[4]

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