Gulripshi District ( Georgian : გულრიფშის რაიონი , Abkhaz : Гәылрыҧшь араион ) is a district of Abkhazia , one of Georgia ’s breakaway republics. It corresponds to the eponymous Georgian district . Its capital is Gulripshi , the town by the same name. Until the August 2008 Battle of the Kodori Valley , the north-eastern part of Gulripshi district was part of Upper Abkhazia , the corner of Abkhazia controlled by Georgia until the Battle of the Kodori Valley during the August 2008 South Ossetia War . Upper Abkhazia was home to 1,956 of the district's 19,918 inhabitants, most of whom were ethnic Svans (a subgroup of the Georgian people ). Most of these fled before the battle and have not yet returned.
14-762: Of note is the Dranda Cathedral sitting over a shrine built by Justinian in 551. The medieval principality of Dal-Tsabal was centered in the district. Abkhazia's main airport, Sukhumi Dranda Airport , is also located in Gulripshi district. Adgur Kharazia was reappointed as Administration Head on 10 May 2001 following the March 2001 local elections. On 18 December 2002, President Ardzinba released Kharazia as Administration Head and appointed him as Minister for Agriculture and Food. On 16 June 2003, President Ardzinba appointed Tamaz Gogia as Administration Head. In
28-647: A relief image of the Savior was discovered, and another slab with the image of the Savior and the Mother of God was also recovered (photos were published by P. Uvarova). In 1917, a hospital and a hotel were located on the territory of the monastery; There was also an orchard and a large garden. After the establishment of the Soviet government in Georgia, and the strengthening of the anti-religious campaign, Drandi Monastery
42-473: A wooden patronymic was placed in the west, the inside and outside were whitewashed with lime, etc. The interior and exterior decoration of the monument changed its original architectural appearance, with the addition of a bell tower. A tunnel (length 260-280 m) started near the western wall of the church, which went down to the Kodori River . In this tunnel, at the end of the 19th century, a marble slab with
56-449: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article on an Eastern Orthodox church building in Georgia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kodori (river) The Kodori ( Georgian : კოდორი ; Abkhaz : Кәыдры , romanized: Kwydry ) is one of the two largest rivers of Abkhazia , along with the Bzyb . It is formed by the joining of
70-456: The 2011 Presidential election , Logua successfully ran for Vice President alongside Alexander Ankvab . He was succeeded on 14 December by Timur Eshba , who had previously been Deputy Head. Following the May 2014 Revolution and the election of Raul Khajimba as President, on 23 September 2014 he replaced Eshba with Aslan Baratelia . At the time of the 2011 census, the population of the district
84-737: The Dranda Cathedral in 1860, reported that the temple was painted with frescoes. However, over time they completely collapsed and were not restored during the restoration of the temple. In 1880, a monastery was established at the cathedral After the Red Army invasion of Georgia in 1921, the Georgian Orthodox Church was subjected to intense harassment. Hundreds of churches were closed by the soviet government and hundreds of monks where imprisoned and killed during Joseph Stalin 's purges. There has been some restoration on
98-789: The Roman historian Procopius of Caesarea , in 551 emperor Justinian I built a temple in these environs; this is believed by some to have been what is now the cathedral in Dranda. In the Georgian Orthodox Catholicate of Abkhazia , during the Middle Ages Dranda served as the seat of bishops. During the Turkish occupation, the temple suffered great damage, but was later restored. Russian and Georgian historian, archaeologist and ethnographer Dmitry Bakradze, visiting
112-408: The beginning of 2004, district officials stayed away from work in protest of what they perceived as rudeness from Gogia. In response, Gogia applied for resignation which President Ardzinba granted on 9 February, appointing First Deputy Head Aslan Baratelia as acting Head. On 24 March 2005, newly elected President Sergei Bagapsh replaced Administration Head Aslan Baratelia with Mikhail Logua . In
126-622: The destruction of the remains of one of the few surviving baptismal churches of the 6th-7th centuries, on the site of which a new concrete font was built. On 6 December 2010, the Bank of Abkhazia issued a commemorative coins with a face value of 10 Apsars , the reverse of which depicts various architectural monuments of Abkhazia, including the Assumption Cathedral of the Dranda Monastery. This Abkhazia -related article
140-483: The exterior walls of the structure and roof, covering with stucco much of the original brick architecture that was once visible. Small portions may still be seen in what was intentionally left untouched. The cathedral belongs to the cross-domed type, which was formed in Byzantine architecture in the 5th - 8th centuries. The three pentagonal apses adjacent to the east include an altar, a deacon and an altar, which in
154-506: The rivers Sakeni and Gvandra . The Kodori is first among Abkhazia's rivers with respect to average annual discharge at 144 cubic metres per second (5,100 cu ft/s) and drainage basin area at 2,051 square kilometres (792 sq mi). It is second after the Bzyb with respect to length at 105 kilometres (65 mi) when combined with the Sakeni . This article related to
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#1732773336572168-416: The western part of the temple correspond to two semi-circular rooms with niches. On the west, the temple ends with a vestibule. The dome of the temple is erected on a low sixteen-sided drum. In the early 20th century, the building was rebuilt. During the reconstruction of the church, the "onion head" characteristic of Russian monuments of wooden construction was erected on the dome, the windows were expanded,
182-534: Was 18 032 people, consisting of: The district's main settlements are: Dranda Cathedral Dranda Cathedral ( Abkhaz : Нанҳәа иазку Дранда-ныха , Georgian : დრანდის ტაძარი ) is a Georgian Orthodox Cathedral located in Dranda , in the Gulripshi District of the de facto independent Republic of Abkhazia , internationally recognised to constitute a part of Georgia . According to
196-563: Was closed in 1924. A prison was opened in the monastic buildings, which is still functioning today, and the administration of Gulrifshi district and a boarding school were placed in a part of it. On 10 February 2011, the Government of Abkhazia transferred the cathedral to the Abkhaz Orthodox Church for free and for indefinite use. The result of this was the loss of some original elements of ancient architecture, including
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