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13-580: Surami is located on the southern slopes of the Likhi Range (alternatively known as the Surami Range) which divides Georgia into its eastern and western parts, four km from the town Khashuri , to which Surami is connected through a railway spur. The first human settlement on Surami's territory dates back to the early Bronze Age . It is probably the Surium of Classical authors, specifically Pliny

26-611: A mountain climatic resort. In 1926, it acquired the status of " urban-type settlement " (Georgian: daba ). Surami is adjacent to the Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park , noted for its diverse landscapes and abundance of historical monuments. The town itself houses The Mother of God Church complex constructed in the 16th-17th century, the 17th-19th century St. George ’s Church and the Kviratskhoveli Church built in 1998. The exact date when

39-809: Is a mountain range in Georgia , a part of the Caucasus Mountains . It connects the Greater Caucasus and Lesser Caucasus ranges and belongs to the Dzirulula denudative Plateau. It is watershed of the Black and Caspian seas basins and divides the country climatically and geomorphologically . The highest point in the range is the Ribisa mountain, at 2,470 m (8,100 ft) above sea level. The lowest and most important mountain pass

52-563: Is dedicated to the memory of the notable Ukrainian poet Lesya Ukrainka (1871–1913) who spent her last months in Surami. The Museum consists of the house where the poet died, a library and Ukrainka's monument authored by the Georgian sculptor Tamar Abakelia (1952). Likhi Range Likhi Range ( Georgian : ლიხის ქედი , romanized : likhis kedi ) or Surami Range ( Georgian : სურამის ქედი , romanized : suramis kedi )

65-583: Is the Surami Pass at an elevation of 949 m (3,114 ft) which links eastern and western Georgia. A railroad (in the tunnel) runs through the pass, as well as the Zestaponi - Khashuri highway. A southern portion of the Likhi range was historically known as Ghado. This Georgia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Greater Caucasus The Greater Caucasus

78-828: 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 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

91-458: 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 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

104-705: 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 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

117-595: The 1740s, Surami was used by Prince Givi Amilakhvari as his base against King Teimuraz II and Persians . After the prince's surrender in 1745, the fortress was demolished, but later restored and exploited by the Russo -Georgian troops in anti- Ottoman operations during the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) . After the Russian annexation of Georgia in 1801, Surami housed a military post and was later popularized as

130-848: The Caucasus was the border between the Caucasia province of the Russian Empire in the north and the Ottoman Empire and Persia in 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

143-569: The Elder ( AD 23-79), who place it in the eastern part of Colchis , towards Iberia . Strategically located at the entrance into the Borjomi Gorge and guarding the road from eastern to western Georgia, Surami became a heavily fortified town in the 12th century. From the 1170s to the latter part of the 14th century, the fortress of Surami was a hereditary fief of the dynasty of the eristavs ("dukes") of Kartli (central Georgia), who assumed

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156-589: The Surami Fortress was built remains obscure. Its earliest structures possibly date to the 12th century, but it has been reconstructed several times since then. A local legend associated with the fortress was brought into classical Georgian literature by the writer Daniel Chonkadze (1830–1860) and further famed by the Armenian filmmaker Sergei Parajanov in his award-winning feature film The Legend of Suram Fortress in 1985. The Museum of Lesya Ukrainka

169-563: The surname of Surameli (სურამელი; literally, "[lord] of Surami"). Subsequently, Surami declined but retained its lively trading post as well as the fortress which was reconstructed in the 16th and 17th centuries. Following the reconstruction of the fortress under Rostom , the Safavid -appointed vali /king of Kartli , he deployed Iranian soldiers to serve as its garrison. By the mid-18th century, according to Prince Vakhushti , Surami had 200 households of Georgians , Armenians and Jews . In

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