Gantiadi

Gantiadi (Georgian: განთიადი [gɑntʰiɑdi] (listen); Russian: Гантиади) or Tsandryphsh (Abkhazian: Цандрыҧшь; Russian: Цандрыпш), is an urban-type settlement on the Black Sea coast in Georgia, in the Gagra District of Abkhazia,[note 1] 5 km from the Russian border.

Gantiadi

განთიადი (in Georgian)
Цандрыҧшь (in Abkhazian)

Tsandrypsh
Urban-type settlement
Basilica in Gantiadi (6th century AD)
Location in Abkhazia
Gantiadi
Location in Georgia
Coordinates: 43°22′N 40°05′E
CountryGeorgia (Abkhazia[note 1])
DistrictGagra
Government
 • MayorAlbert Tarkil[1]
 • First Deputy MayorKarapet Karagozyan[1]
 • Second Deputy MayorGrigori Kasparyan[1]
Population
 (2011)
 • Total5,170
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
ClimateCfa

Name
Basilica

Gantiadi in historical times, was known as Sauchi (Russian: Саучи). Then, until 1944 as Yermolov, after the Russian general Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov. From 1944 until 1991, the settlement was known as Gantiadi (Georgian: განთიადი, Russian: Гантиади), from the Georgian word for Dawn. After the 1992-93 war in Abkhazia, Gantiadi was renamed as Tsandrypsh by the de facto government, but the name Gantiadi is still used informally among Abkhazians and widely in other languages.[2] The name Tsandrypsh derives from the princely family Tsanba.

History

Gantiadi is said to have been the historical capital of the principality of Saniga before the 6th century AD. It later became the capital of Sadzen.[2]

Demographics

In 2011, Gantiadi had a population of 5,170. Of these, 55.9% were Armenians, 19.6% Abkhaz, 18.4% Russians, 1.2% Ukrainians, 0.9% Georgians and 0.7% Greeks.[3]

Main sights

Tsandryphsh houses a 6th-century Georgian Christian church.[4] A personal residence of Joseph Stalin is also located here.

See also

Notes
  1. Abkhazia is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Abkhazia and Georgia. The Republic of Abkhazia unilaterally declared independence on 23 July 1992, but Georgia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. Abkhazia has received formal recognition as an independent state from 7 out of 193 United Nations member states, 1 of which have subsequently withdrawn their recognition.

References
  1. "Администрация городов, сёл и посёлков Гагрского района". Gagra DistrictAdministration. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  2. Pashkov, O.V. (2010). Поселок Цандрипш (Цандрыпш) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  3. 2011 Census results
  4. V. Jaoshvili, R. Rcheulishvili, Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, V. 2, p. 680, Tbilisi, 1977.


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