Tbilisi

Capital and the largest city of Georgia (country)

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Tbilisi, in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis, is the capital and largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with around 1.2 million inhabitants, which is about a third of the country's population. Tbilisi was founded in the fifth century AD by Vakhtang I of Iberiaz; since then, the city has served as the capital of various Georgian kingdoms and republics. Between 1801 and 1917, then part of the Russian Empire, Tiflis was the seat of the Caucasus Viceroyalty, governing both the northern and the southern parts of the Caucasus.

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Georgian opposition starts round-the-clock protest in Tbilisi calling for election rerun The demonstrators claim that the country's recent parliamentary elections were rigged and are demanding a rerun. Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:11Published 4 days ago

Thousands of Georgian opposition supporters again rally in protest of "rigged" election result Thousands of Georgian opposition supporters rallied in Tbilisi once again, demanding new parliamentary elections under international supervision and an investigation of alleged election fraud. Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:04Published 3 weeks ago

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