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Stepantsminda (სტეფანწმინდა; formerly Kazbegi, ყაზბეგი), is a townlet in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of north-eastern Georgia. [1]

28 relations: Alexander Kazbegi, Alpine tundra, Darial Gorge, Georgia (country), Georgian Military Road, Georgian Orthodox Church, Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Gergeti Trinity Church, Greater Caucasus, Hermitage (religious retreat), Hiking, Imperial Russian Army, Kazbegi family, Kazbegi Municipality, Kazbegi Museum, Khevi, Kingdom of Georgia, List of municipalities in Georgia (country), List of sovereign states, Mkhare, Mount Kazbek, Mount Shani, Mountaineering, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Russian Empire, Tbilisi, Terek River, Urban-type settlement.

Alexander Kazbegi

Alexander Kazbegi (ალექსანდრე ყაზბეგი, Aleksandre Q’azbegi) (1848–1893) was a Georgian writer, famous for his 1883 novel The Patricide.

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Alpine tundra

Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high altitude.

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Darial Gorge

The Darial Gorge (დარიალის ხეობა, Darialis Kheoba; Дарьяльское ущелье; Арвыком, Arvykom; Башлоам-Чу) is a river gorge on the border between Russia and Georgia.

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Georgia (country)

Georgia (tr) is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia.

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Georgian Military Road

The Georgian Military Road (Арвыкомы фæндаг) is the historic name for a major route through the Caucasus from Georgia to Russia.

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Georgian Orthodox Church

The Georgian Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church (საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, sakartvelos samotsikulo avt’ok’epaluri martlmadidebeli ek’lesia) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church in full communion with the other churches of Eastern Orthodoxy.

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Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia

The Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia (ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, ქსე) is the first universal encyclopedia in the Georgian language, printed in Tbilisi from 1965, the editor in chief of which was Irakli Abashidze.

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Gergeti Trinity Church

Gergeti Trinity Church (- Tsminda Sameba) is a popular name for Holy Trinity Church near the village of Gergeti in Georgia.

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Greater Caucasus

Greater Caucasus (Böyük Qafqaz, Бөјүк Гафгаз, بيوک قافقاز; დიდი კავკასიონი, Didi K’avk’asioni; Большой Кавказ, Bolshoy Kavkaz, sometimes translated as "Caucasus Major", "Big Caucasus" or "Large Caucasus") is the major mountain range of the Caucasus Mountains.

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Hermitage (religious retreat)

Although today's meaning is usually a place where a hermit lives in seclusion from the world, hermitage was more commonly used to mean a settlement where a person or a group of people lived religiously, in seclusion.

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Hiking

Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails (footpaths), in the countryside, while the word walking is used for shorter, particularly urban walks.

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Imperial Russian Army

The Imperial Russian Army (Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия) was the land armed force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917.

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Kazbegi family

The Kazbegi (ყაზბეგი), originally known as Chopikashvili (ჩოფიკაშვილი), was an influential clan from the northeastern highland Georgian district of Khevi.

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Kazbegi Municipality

Kazbegi (ყაზბეგის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of Georgia, in the region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti.

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Kazbegi Museum

The Kazbegi Museum is a museum in Kazbegi, (now Stepantsminda), Georgia.

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Khevi

Khevi (ხევი) is a small historical-geographic area in northeastern Georgia.

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Kingdom of Georgia

The Kingdom of Georgia (საქართველოს სამეფო), also known as the Georgian Empire, was a medieval Eurasian monarchy which emerged circa 1008 AD.

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List of municipalities in Georgia (country)

A municipality (მუნიციპალიტეტი, munits'ipaliteti) is a subdivision of Georgia, consisting of a settlement or a group of settlements, which enjoys local self-government.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Mkhare

A mkhare (მხარე, mxare) is a type of administrative division in the country of Georgia.

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Mount Kazbek

Mount Kazbek (მყინვარწვერი, Mqinvartsveri; Сæна, Sæna; Башлам, Bashlam; Казбек, Kazbek), is a dormant stratovolcano and one of the major mountains of the Caucasus located on the border of Georgia's Kazbegi District and Russia's Republic of North Ossetia–Alania.

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Mount Shani

Mt.

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Mountaineering

Mountaineering is the sport of mountain climbing.

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Mtskheta-Mtianeti

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

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire (Российская Империя) or Russia was an empire that existed across Eurasia and North America from 1721, following the end of the Great Northern War, until the Republic was proclaimed by the Provisional Government that took power after the February Revolution of 1917.

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Tbilisi

Tbilisi (თბილისი), in some countries also still named by its pre-1936 international designation Tiflis, is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million people.

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Terek River

The Terek River (Terk), a major river in the Northern Caucasus, flows through Georgia and Russia into the Caspian Sea.

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Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement (посёлок городско́го ти́па - posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: п.г.т. - p.g.t.; селище міського типу – selyshche mis'koho typu, abbreviated: с.м.т. - s.m.t.; пасёлак гарадскога тыпу; osiedle typu miejskiego; селище от градски тип – selishte ot gradski tip) is an official designation for a semi-urban settlement (or a former town).

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Redirects here:

K'azbegi, Kazbegi, Qazbegi, Stefantsminda.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepantsminda

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