Dusheti ( Georgian : დუშეთი ) is a town in Georgia , the administrative center of Dusheti Municipality , in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region , 54 km northeast of the nation's capital of Tbilisi .
12-666: Dusheti is on both banks of the small, mountainous Dushetis-Khevi River in the foothills of the Greater Caucasus range at an elevation of 900 m. It functions as the center of the Dusheti Municipality which, beyond the town itself, includes several villages of the historical community of Pkhovi , ( Pshavi , and Khevsureti ). As of the 2014 all-Georgia census, the town had a population of about 6,167. Dusheti first appears in Georgian written records in 1215. In
24-558: The A164 highway , it crosses the Greater Caucasus mountain range through the Roki Tunnel , connecting North Ossetia–Alania and Russia with South Ossetia and Georgia. In the winter months the road is often closed due to the danger of avalanches . In Georgia, the highway begins in Gori as S10 highway . It then crosses to Russia through the Roki Tunnel as road R297 to Alagir . It
36-668: The Ananuri castle and the Bazaleti Lake . The town itself houses a number of architectural monuments including the 9th-10th-century church of St. George and the 18th-century palace of the Chilashvili family. Greater Caucasus The Greater Caucasus is the major mountain range of the Caucasus Mountains . It stretches for about 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) from west-northwest to east-southeast, from
48-923: The Taman Peninsula of the Black Sea to the Absheron Peninsula of the Caspian Sea : from the Western Caucasus in the vicinity of Sochi on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea and reaching nearly to Baku on the Caspian. The range is traditionally separated into three parts: In the wetter Western Caucasus, the mountains are heavily forested ( deciduous forest up to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft), coniferous forest up to 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) and alpine meadows above
60-641: The tree line ). In the drier Eastern Caucasus, the mountains are mostly treeless. The watershed of the Caucasus is also considered by some to be the boundary between Eastern Europe and Western Asia . The European part to the north of the watershed is known as Ciscaucasia ; the Asiatic part to the south as Transcaucasia , which is dominated by the Lesser Caucasus mountain range and whose western portion converges with Eastern Anatolia . Most of
72-475: The 17th century, it served as a residence of the local mountainous lords – the dukes of Aragvi – whose defiance to the Georgian crown more than once led to invasions and devastation of the town by the royal troops. After the abolition of the duchy of Aragvi in the 1740s, Dusheti passed to the crown but significantly declined. In 1801, the Russians took over and granted Dusheti a town status. Next year, it became
84-592: The Soviet Union. Nowadays, most people work in service industries (banking, education, auto-repair, and retail) as well as subsistence farming. The town is also known for its khinkali , a meat-filled dumpling very popular in Georgia. Dusheti has access by a paved road to the highway connecting Tbilisi and Stepantsminda . There is a regular bus traffic between Dusheti and Tbilisi. There are several historical and recreational places in and around Dusheti such as
96-589: The border of Russia with Georgia and Azerbaijan runs along most of the Caucasus' length. The Georgian Military Road ( Darial Gorge ) and Trans-Caucasus Highway traverse this mountain range at altitudes of up to 3,000 metres (9,800 ft). The watershed of the Caucasus was the border between the Caucasia province of the Russian Empire in the north and the Ottoman Empire and Persia in
108-588: The center of Dusheti uezd . The town and its environs were a scene of disturbances during the Russian Revolution of 1905 , the peasants’ revolt in 1918, and an armed clash during the 1924 August Uprising against the Soviet rule. Dusheti was a center of agriculture and light industry during the Soviet era, but suffered an economic decline and population decrease in the years following the disintegration of
120-666: The south (1801) until the Russian victory in 1813 and the Treaty of Gulistan which moved the border of the Russian Empire well within Transcaucasia. The border between Georgia and Russia still follows the watershed almost exactly (except for Georgia's western border, which extends south of the watershed, and a narrow strip of territory in northwestern Kakheti and northern Mtskheta-Mtianeti where Georgia extends north of
132-521: The watershed), while Azerbaijan is south of the watershed except that its northeastern corner has five districts north of the watershed ( Khachmaz , Quba , Qusar , Shabran , and Siazan ). Download coordinates as: Trans-Caucasus Highway The Transcaucasian Highway ( Russian : Транскавказская автомагистраль ) or TransKAM (ТрансКАМ) is a mountain highway in the South Caucasus region, connecting southern Russia and Georgia . As
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#1732775951503144-675: Was built by the Soviet Union (USSR) between 1971 and 1986, as an alternative to the older Georgian Military Road and Ossetian Military Road , to connect the USSR and the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic . Since the breakaway of South Ossetia from Georgia in August 2008, crossing from Georgia to South Ossetia at Tskhinvali is not possible. This article about transport in the country of Georgia
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