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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D8%A9_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A" title="منطقة كاخيتي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="منطقة كاخيتي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D3%80%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8" title="КӀахети – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="КӀахети" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaxeti" title="Kaxeti – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kaxeti" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Кахетыя – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Кахетыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%8D%D1%86%D1%96" title="Кахэці – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Кахэці" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Кахетия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Кахетия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kac%27hethi" title="Kac'hethi – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Kac'hethi" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakh%C3%A8tia" title="Kakhètia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Kakhètia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakheti" title="Kakheti – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kakheti" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kachetie" title="Kachetie – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kachetie" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kachetien" title="Kachetien – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kachetien" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahhethi_piirkond" title="Kahhethi piirkond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kahhethi piirkond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B1" title="Καχετία – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Καχετία" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regi%C3%B3n_de_Kajetia" title="Región de Kajetia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Región de Kajetia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka%C4%A5eti" title="Kaĥeti – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kaĥeti" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakhetia" title="Kakhetia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kakhetia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="کاختی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کاختی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakh%C3%A9tie" title="Kakhétie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kakhétie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%27akheti" title="K'akheti – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="K'akheti" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%ED%97%A4%ED%8B%B0%EC%A3%BC" title="카헤티주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="카헤티주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D5%AD%D5%A5%D5%A9%D5%AB_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A6" title="Կախեթի մարզ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կախեթի մարզ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahetija" title="Kahetija – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kahetija" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakheti" title="Kakheti – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kakheti" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8A%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Къахет – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Къахет" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachezia" title="Cachezia – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Cachezia" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%97%D7%AA%D7%99" title="קאחתי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קאחתי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakheti" title="Kakheti – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Kakheti" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94" title="კახეთის მხარე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კახეთის მხარე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahetija" title="Kahetija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kahetija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Кахетия – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Кахетия" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kachetija" title="Kachetija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kachetija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaheti" title="Kaheti – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kaheti" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Кахетија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Кахетија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%96%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF" title="കാഖേറ്റി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കാഖേറ്റി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="კახეთიშ აკანი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="კახეთიშ აკანი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacheti" title="Kacheti – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kacheti" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%98%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E5%B7%9E" title="カヘティ州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="カヘティ州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D3%80%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8" title="КӀахети – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="КӀахети" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a 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.ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Kakheti</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native">კახეთი</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Mkhare" title="Mkhare">Mkhare (region)</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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style="height:76px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tsinandali_Palace.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Tsinandali_Palace.jpg/115px-Tsinandali_Palace.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Tsinandali_Palace.jpg/173px-Tsinandali_Palace.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Tsinandali_Palace.jpg/230px-Tsinandali_Palace.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div>From the top to bottom-right: <a href="/wiki/Lagodekhi_Managed_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Lagodekhi Managed Reserve">Lagodekhi Managed Reserve</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tusheti_National_Park" title="Tusheti National Park">Tusheti National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vashlovani_Strict_Nature_Reserve" title="Vashlovani Strict Nature Reserve">Vashlovani Strict Nature Reserve</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgian_wine" title="Georgian wine">Kakheti Vineyard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsinandali" title="Tsinandali">Tsinandali Palace</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kakheti_in_Georgia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Kakheti"><img alt="Location of Kakheti" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Kakheti_in_Georgia.svg/250px-Kakheti_in_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Kakheti_in_Georgia.svg/375px-Kakheti_in_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Kakheti_in_Georgia.svg/500px-Kakheti_in_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1715" data-file-height="913" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kakheti&params=41_45_N_45_43_E_region:GE_type:adm1st_source:GNS-enwiki"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°45′N</span> <span class="longitude">45°43′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.750°N 45.717°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.750; 45.717</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Telavi" title="Telavi">Telavi</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Municipalities</th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b>8</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Giorgi_Aladashvili&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Giorgi Aladashvili (page does not exist)">Giorgi Aladashvili</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">11,310 km<sup>2</sup> (4,370 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">310,051</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">306,216</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">27/km<sup>2</sup> (71/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Gross Regional Product<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Georgian_lari" title="Georgian lari">₾</a> 3.13 billion (2022)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per Capita</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Georgian_lari" title="Georgian lari">₾</a> 10,235 (2022)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B4" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+4">UTC+4</a> (Georgian Time)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">GE-KA</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2021)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.757<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#0c0">high</span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_Georgian_regions_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Georgian regions by Human Development Index">5th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kakheti.gov.ge/">www<wbr />.kakheti<wbr />.gov<wbr />.ge</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kakheti</b> (<a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a>: <span title="Georgian-language text"><span lang="ka" style="font-style: normal;">კახეთი</span></span> <i>K’akheti</i>; <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ka-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Georgian" title="Help:IPA/Georgian">[kʼaχetʰi]</a></span>) is a region (<a href="/wiki/Mkhare" title="Mkhare">mkhare</a>) formed in the 1990s in eastern <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> from the historical province of Kakheti and the small, mountainous province of <a href="/wiki/Tusheti" title="Tusheti">Tusheti</a>. <a href="/wiki/Telavi" title="Telavi">Telavi</a> is its administrative center. The region comprises eight administrative districts: <a href="/wiki/Telavi_Municipality" title="Telavi Municipality">Telavi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gurjaani_Municipality" title="Gurjaani Municipality">Gurjaani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qvareli_Municipality" title="Qvareli Municipality">Qvareli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sagarejo_Municipality" title="Sagarejo Municipality">Sagarejo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dedoplistsqaro_Municipality" title="Dedoplistsqaro Municipality">Dedoplistsqaro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Signagi_Municipality" title="Signagi Municipality">Signagi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lagodekhi_Municipality" title="Lagodekhi Municipality">Lagodekhi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Akhmeta_Municipality" title="Akhmeta Municipality">Akhmeta</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kakhetians" title="Kakhetians">Kakhetians</a> speak the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_dialects#Eastern_dialects" title="Georgian dialects">Kakhetian dialect</a> of <a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a>. Kakheti is one of the most significant <a href="/wiki/Wine" title="Wine">wine</a> producing regions of Georgia, home to a number of <a href="/wiki/Georgian_wine" title="Georgian wine">Georgian wines</a>. The region is bordered to the west by the Georgian regions of <a href="/wiki/Mtskheta-Mtianeti" title="Mtskheta-Mtianeti">Mtskheta-Mtianeti</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kvemo_Kartli" title="Kvemo Kartli">Kvemo Kartli</a>, to the north and east by the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Federation">Russian Federation</a>, and to the southeast by <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>. Popular tourist attractions in Kakheti include <a href="/wiki/Tusheti_National_Park" title="Tusheti National Park">Tusheti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gremi" title="Gremi">Gremi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Signagi" title="Signagi">Signagi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kvetera_Church" title="Kvetera Church">Kvetera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bodbe_Monastery" title="Bodbe Monastery">Bodbe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lagodekhi_Protected_Areas" title="Lagodekhi Protected Areas">Lagodekhi Protected Areas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alaverdi_Monastery" title="Alaverdi Monastery">Alaverdi Monastery</a>. </p><p>The Georgian <a href="/wiki/David_Gareja_monastery_complex" class="mw-redirect" title="David Gareja monastery complex">David Gareja monastery complex</a> is partially located in this province and is subject to a border dispute between Georgian and Azerbaijani authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakheti&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Kakheti" title="Special:EditPage/Kakheti">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sighnagi_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Sighnagi_2009.jpg/300px-Sighnagi_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Sighnagi_2009.jpg/450px-Sighnagi_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Sighnagi_2009.jpg/600px-Sighnagi_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3638" data-file-height="2346" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sighnaghi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sighnaghi">Signagi</a> is becoming an important cultural center in the region</figcaption></figure> <p>Beyond the modern-day administrative subdivision into the districts, Kakheti has traditionally been subdivided into four parts: Inner Kakheti (შიდა კახეთი, <i>Shida Kakheti</i>) to the east of <a href="/wiki/Tsiv-Gombori_Range" title="Tsiv-Gombori Range">Tsiv-Gombori mountain range</a>, along the right bank of the <a href="/wiki/Alazani" title="Alazani">Alazani River</a>; Outer Kakheti (გარე კახეთი, <i>Gare Kakheti</i>) along the middle <a href="/wiki/Iori_(river)" title="Iori (river)">Iori River</a> basin; Kiziq'i (ქიზიყი) between the Alazani and the Iori; Thither Area (გაღმა მხარი, <i>Gaghma Mkhari</i>) on the left bank of the Alazani. It also includes the medieval region of <a href="/wiki/Hereti" class="mw-redirect" title="Hereti">Hereti</a> whose name has fallen into gradual oblivion since the 15th century. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakheti&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alaverdi_(4).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Alaverdi (4).jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Alaverdi_%284%29.jpg/300px-Alaverdi_%284%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Alaverdi_%284%29.jpg/450px-Alaverdi_%284%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Alaverdi_%284%29.jpg/600px-Alaverdi_%284%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1006" data-file-height="739" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alaverdi_Monastery" title="Alaverdi Monastery">Alaverdi Monastery</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Kakheti region is divided into eight <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Georgia_(country)" title="List of municipalities in Georgia (country)">municipalities</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Municipalities of Kakheti Region </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Area </th> <th>Population </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Telavi_Municipality" title="Telavi Municipality">Telavi Municipality</a></td> <td>1,094 km<sup>2</sup></td> <td>58,350 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Akhmeta_Municipality" title="Akhmeta Municipality">Akhmeta Municipality</a></td> <td>2,248 km<sup>2</sup></td> <td>31,461 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gurjaani_Municipality" title="Gurjaani Municipality">Gurjaani Municipality</a></td> <td>849 km<sup>2</sup></td> <td>54,337 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kvareli_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Kvareli Municipality">Kvareli Municipality</a></td> <td>1,000 km<sup>2</sup></td> <td>29,827 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dedoplistskaro_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Dedoplistskaro Municipality">Dedoplistskaro Municipality</a></td> <td>2,531 km<sup>2</sup></td> <td>21,221 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lagodekhi_Municipality" title="Lagodekhi Municipality">Lagodekhi Municipality</a></td> <td>890 km<sup>2</sup></td> <td>41,678 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sagarejo_Municipality" title="Sagarejo Municipality">Sagarejo Municipality</a></td> <td>1,515 km<sup>2</sup></td> <td>51,761 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sighnaghi_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Sighnaghi Municipality">Sighnaghi Municipality</a></td> <td>1,251 km<sup>2</sup></td> <td>29,948 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakheti&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kakheti was an <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Kakheti" class="mw-redirect" title="Principality of Kakheti">independent principality</a> from the end of the eighth century. It was incorporated into the united <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Georgia" title="Kingdom of Georgia">Georgian Kingdom</a> at the beginning of the eleventh century, but for less than a decade. Only in the beginning of the twelfth century did Georgian King <a href="/wiki/David_IV_of_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="David IV of Georgia">David the Builder</a> (1089–1125) incorporate Kakheti into his Kingdom successfully.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fifteenth–Sixteenth_centuries:_peace_and_prosperity,_geopolitical_situation"><span id="Fifteenth.E2.80.93Sixteenth_centuries:_peace_and_prosperity.2C_geopolitical_situation"></span>Fifteenth–Sixteenth centuries: peace and prosperity, geopolitical situation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakheti&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fifteenth–Sixteenth centuries: peace and prosperity, geopolitical situation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/Triarchy_and_collapse_of_the_Kingdom_of_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Triarchy and collapse of the Kingdom of Georgia">disintegration of the Georgian Kingdom</a>, Kakheti became an <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kakheti" title="Kingdom of Kakheti">independent Kingdom</a> in the 1460s. In contrast with other Georgian political entities, long reign of Kakhetian Kings – <a href="/wiki/Alexander_I_of_Kakheti" title="Alexander I of Kakheti">Alexander I</a> (1476-1511), <a href="/wiki/Levan_of_Kakheti" title="Levan of Kakheti">Levan</a> (1518-1574) and <a href="/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Kakheti" title="Alexander II of Kakheti">Alexander II</a> (1574-1605), was marked by peace and prosperity, population grew steadily and at the turn of the seventeenth century reached 250,000–300,000. <a href="/wiki/Gremi" title="Gremi">Gremi</a>, capital city of the Kingdom and <a href="/wiki/Zagem" title="Zagem">Zagemi</a> became one of the most important urban centers of the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a>, attracting merchants and artisans from the neighbouring countries. New churches, castles and palaces were built and agriculture developed. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Akhmeta,_Kvetera_13.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Akhmeta%2C_Kvetera_13.jpg/220px-Akhmeta%2C_Kvetera_13.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Akhmeta%2C_Kvetera_13.jpg/330px-Akhmeta%2C_Kvetera_13.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Akhmeta%2C_Kvetera_13.jpg/440px-Akhmeta%2C_Kvetera_13.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2252" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kvetera_Church" title="Kvetera Church">Kvetera</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Medieval" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval">medieval</a> Georgian Orthodox church and fortress located in Kakheti, 10th century AD</figcaption></figure> <p>During the last years of the sixteenth century Kakhetian feudal army consisted of 10,000 <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalrymen</a>, 3,000 <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> and 500 musketeers. Horsemen and foot soldiers were armed with bows, arrows, sabres, shields and spears, while <a href="/wiki/Musketeer" title="Musketeer">musketeers</a> had hand-guns.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllen1970159_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllen1970159-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, Alexander II made some futile efforts to introduce artillery from <a href="/wiki/Tsardom_of_Russia" title="Tsardom of Russia">Muscovy</a>. </p><p>During the sixteenth century international situation of the Georgian Kingdoms worsened dramatically, <a href="/wiki/South_Caucasus" title="South Caucasus">Transcaucasus</a> became battleground of the powerful Muslim – <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Safavid_Iran" title="Safavid Iran">Safavid</a> – Empires, while Georgia was completely isolated from the <a href="/wiki/Christendom" title="Christendom">Christian world</a>. Additionally, greatly accelerated process of the Islamization of the North Caucasian peoples, including Dagestani mountaineers – direct neighbours of Kakheti. From <a href="/wiki/Peace_of_Amasya" title="Peace of Amasya">1555</a> the Kingdom was a vassal of the successive dynasties of Persia<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze200725_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze200725-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and to a much shorter period Ottoman Empire<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013176,_179,_227_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013176,_179,_227-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but enjoyed intermittent periods of greater independence, especially after 1747. </p><p>Formally under the vassalage of the Safavid dynasty, Levan of Kakheti was desirous to diminish foreign influence over Georgia, stealthily sending Kakhetian detachments to his son-in-law <a href="/wiki/Simon_I_of_Kartli" title="Simon I of Kartli">Simon I of Kartli</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Qizilbash" title="Qizilbash">Qizilbashes</a> in the 1560s. Alexander II, the astute son of the previous King, continued Levan's policy, switching sides during the Ottoman–Safavid <a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Safavid_War_(1578%E2%80%931590)" title="Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590)">war</a> several times, simultaneously strengthening his realm. In addition, Alexander's army had to confront north-eastern neighbour of the Kingdom – <a href="/wiki/Shamkhalate_of_Tarki" title="Shamkhalate of Tarki">Shamkhalate</a>, whose rulers tried to wreak havoc to the borderlands of Kakheti, kidnapping peasants and looting countryside.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllen1970216_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllen1970216-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the last quarter of the sixteenth century Kakhetian feudal army defeated Shamkhals’ undisciplined bands several times, killing hundreds of marauders.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllen1970137–138,_217–218_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllen1970137–138,_217–218-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Levan_of_Kakheti,_Philotheou_fresco.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Levan_of_Kakheti%2C_Philotheou_fresco.jpg/220px-Levan_of_Kakheti%2C_Philotheou_fresco.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Levan_of_Kakheti%2C_Philotheou_fresco.jpg/330px-Levan_of_Kakheti%2C_Philotheou_fresco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Levan_of_Kakheti%2C_Philotheou_fresco.jpg/440px-Levan_of_Kakheti%2C_Philotheou_fresco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1097" data-file-height="1291" /></a><figcaption>King Levan, a fresco from the <a href="/wiki/Philotheou_monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Philotheou monastery">Philotheou monastery</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Throughout the fifteenth–eighteenth centuries Georgian Kings and Princes, including those of Kakheti, constantly tried to establish diplomatic relations with the <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Popes</a> and Christian Monarchs of the <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">West</a> – <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_France" title="Kingdom of France">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Prussia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Naples" title="Kingdom of Naples">Naples</a> etc. calling them for aid against the Ottoman and Safavid incursions. However, nothing came from these attempts, geographic distance and ongoing wars made it impossible for the Europeans to support fellow Christian nation. As a result Georgian political entities had to fight against Muslim invaders virtually alone, while geographical isolation greatly limited opportunity for the Georgian elites to come into contact with the <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">epochal changes</a> taking place in Europe during the <a href="/wiki/Early_modern_period" title="Early modern period">early modern period</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>If the political and military assistance from the <a href="/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">Western Europe</a> proved to be unrealistic, in the north <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Moscow" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Duchy of Moscow">Grand Duchy of Muscovy</a>, freed from the Mongol-Tatar yoke in 1480, seemed as a steadfastly growing <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy" title="Eastern Orthodoxy">Orthodox</a> superpower. Alexander I of Kakheti became the first Georgian King to establish formal diplomatic contact with the Russians, dispatching two embassies to Grand Duke <a href="/wiki/Ivan_III_of_Russia" title="Ivan III of Russia">Ivan III</a> of Muscovy in 1483 and 1491.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007550_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007550-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1556, <a href="/wiki/Astrakhan" title="Astrakhan">Astrakhan</a> was conquered by <a href="/wiki/Ivan_the_Terrible" title="Ivan the Terrible">Ivan the Terrible</a>. After eleven years Terek-Town fort was built,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013173_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013173-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russians became nearly direct neighbours of Kakheti. In 1563, King Levan, grandson of Alexander I, appealed to the Muscovites to take his realm under their protection against the Ottomans, and Safavids. Tsar Ivan IV responded by sending a Russian detachment to Georgia, but Levan, pressured by Iran, had to turn these troops back after several years. King Alexander II also appealed for Russian support against foreign encroachments. In 1587, he negotiated <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Book_of_Pledge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Book of Pledge (page does not exist)">The Book of Pledge</a></i>, forming an alliance between Kakheti and the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Tsardom" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Tsardom">Russian Tsardom</a>. <a href="/wiki/David_I_of_Kakheti" title="David I of Kakheti">David I of Kakheti</a> (1601–1602), the rebellious son of Alexander II, during his short reign reaffirmed loyalty to the foreign policy of his predecessors. However, as the <a href="/wiki/Time_of_Troubles" title="Time of Troubles">Times of Troubles</a> began in Russia, Georgian political entities could not count on Muscovite assistance in their struggle for independence.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007550_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007550-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seventeenth_century:_Abbas_I's_invasions,_Teimuraz_I,_struggle_for_survival"><span id="Seventeenth_century:_Abbas_I.27s_invasions.2C_Teimuraz_I.2C_struggle_for_survival"></span>Seventeenth century: Abbas I's invasions, Teimuraz I, struggle for survival</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakheti&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Seventeenth century: Abbas I's invasions, Teimuraz I, struggle for survival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E1%83%AC%E1%83%9B._%E1%83%A5%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AC%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%AA%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90_%E2%80%93_The_scene_of_martyrdom_of_St._Queen_Ketevan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/%E1%83%AC%E1%83%9B._%E1%83%A5%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AC%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%AA%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90_%E2%80%93_The_scene_of_martyrdom_of_St._Queen_Ketevan.JPG/220px-%E1%83%AC%E1%83%9B._%E1%83%A5%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AC%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%AA%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90_%E2%80%93_The_scene_of_martyrdom_of_St._Queen_Ketevan.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/%E1%83%AC%E1%83%9B._%E1%83%A5%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AC%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%AA%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90_%E2%80%93_The_scene_of_martyrdom_of_St._Queen_Ketevan.JPG/330px-%E1%83%AC%E1%83%9B._%E1%83%A5%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AC%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%AA%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90_%E2%80%93_The_scene_of_martyrdom_of_St._Queen_Ketevan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/%E1%83%AC%E1%83%9B._%E1%83%A5%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AC%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%AA%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90_%E2%80%93_The_scene_of_martyrdom_of_St._Queen_Ketevan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="310" /></a><figcaption>The scene of the martyrdom of Queen Ketevan on a panoramic <a href="/wiki/Azulejo" title="Azulejo">azulejo</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Gra%C3%A7a_Convent" title="Graça Convent">Graça Convent</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1605, <a href="/wiki/Constantine_I_of_Kakheti" title="Constantine I of Kakheti">Constantine</a>, younger son of Alexander II, who was raised at the Safavid court and converted to Islam, according to Shah's secret instruction assassinated his father and brother. The assassination of the royal family and usurpation of the crown by Constantine I infuriated the Georgians, who rose in a rebellion under the direction of <a href="/wiki/Ketevan_the_Martyr" title="Ketevan the Martyr">Queen Ketevan</a> later that year. On October 22, 1605, the Kakhetian army routed the Qizilbash forces of Constantine, who was killed on the battlefield.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007238_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007238-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Caught by surprise, Abbas I grudgingly accepted the result of the 1605 Uprising and was forced to confirm sixteen years old <a href="/wiki/Teimuraz_I_of_Kakheti" title="Teimuraz I of Kakheti">Teimuraz I</a> (1605–1648) – nemesis of the Safavids in the future – as a new King of Kakheti. </p><p>In 1612, the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Nasuh_Pasha" title="Treaty of Nasuh Pasha">treaty of Nasuh Pasha</a> was concluded, <a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Safavid_War_(1603%E2%80%931618)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618)">war</a> with the Ottomans was temporarily over. From now on <a href="/wiki/Abbas_I_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbas I of Persia">Shah Abbas I</a> could attack eastern Georgia without hindrance – dethrone Christian Kings, establish Qizilbash khanates and deport or exterminate insubmissive Georgians from their homeland.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013189_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013189-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 1613, Abbas I moved his army to <a href="/wiki/Ganja,_Azerbaijan" title="Ganja, Azerbaijan">Ganja</a>. Next spring, he turned on Kakheti, demanding Teimuraz's sons as hostages. After taking counsel, Teimuraz I sent his mother Ketevan and his younger son, Alexander, to Iran. The Shah insisted; reluctantly, the Kakhetians sent the heir, Levan. Shah Abbas I then demanded Teimuraz's attendance. At this point war broke out.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013190_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013190-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1614–1617, Abbas I led several campaigns against Kakheti and Kartli, massacred and <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Georgians" title="Iranian Georgians">deported</a> hundreds of thousands ethnic Georgians to Iran, also despite stiff resistance and heavy defeat at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tsitsamuri" title="Battle of Tsitsamuri">Tsitsamuri</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013191_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013191-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> forced Teimuraz I to <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Imereti" title="Kingdom of Imereti">Imereti</a>. Shah Abbas I castrated both sons of the obdurate King and savagely tortured and burned to death his mother Queen Ketevan on September 13, 1624.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013192_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013192-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ketevan was canonized by the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Orthodox_Church" title="Georgian Orthodox Church">Georgian Orthodox Church</a> and remains a symbolic figure in Georgian history. The story of her martyrdom was publicized in Europe, and several literary works were produced, including <a href="/wiki/Andreas_Gryphius" title="Andreas Gryphius">Andreas Gryphius’</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Katharina_von_Georgien" title="Katharina von Georgien">Katharina von Georgien</a></i> (1657).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007397_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007397-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moreover, Shah sought to populate Kakheti with the Turkoman tribes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze200726_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze200726-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1624, Shah Abbas I turned his attention to Georgia again. Fearing a potential revolt, he dispatched some 35,000 men under <a href="/wiki/Qarachaqay_Khan" title="Qarachaqay Khan">Qarachaqay Khan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Giorgi_Saakadze" title="Giorgi Saakadze">George Saakadze</a> to subdue eastern Georgia. Although Saakadze had already served the Shah for twelve years, Abbas I didn't trust Georgian general completely and kept George's son, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Paata_Saakadze&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paata Saakadze (page does not exist)">Paata</a>, as a hostage. The Shah's anxiety was justified, since the Grand <a href="/wiki/Mouravi" title="Mouravi">Mouravi</a> had maintained covert communications with the Georgian forces and devise a plan to destroy the enemy army.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007448_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007448-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Saakadze surreptitiously united Kartli and Kakheti behind him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchili1989444–445_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchili1989444–445-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He deviously ‘advised’ Qarachaqay Khan to split his forces into small groups and send them into Kakheti, while the major army camped near <a href="/wiki/Martqopi" title="Martqopi">Martqopi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013193_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013193-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 25, 1625, Saakadze summoned the war council where he personally slew Qarachaqay Khan and <a href="/wiki/Yusuf_Khan_(Armenian)" title="Yusuf Khan (Armenian)">Yusuf Khan of Shirvan</a>, while his son, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Avtandil_Saakadze&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Avtandil Saakadze (page does not exist)">Avtandil</a>, and his Georgian escorts killed other Qizilbash commanders, including Imam Verdi Khan, Qarachaqay's son.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchili1989446_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchili1989446-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Receiving a signal, <a href="/wiki/Zurab_I,_Duke_of_Aragvi" title="Zurab I, Duke of Aragvi">Zurab Eristavi</a> – another Georgian noble in Abbas's service – charged with his main forces, virtually annihilating leaderless Iranian troops.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEgnatashvili1989780_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEgnatashvili1989780-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007449_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007449-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Annunciation" title="Annunciation">Annunciation Day</a> (25 March) brought an extraordinary <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Martqopi" title="Battle of Martqopi">victory</a> – Saakadze's and Duke Zurab's army massacred 27,000 out of 30,000 strong Turkoman-Persian army, took their arsenal and besieged Tbilisi's citadel before the puppet-king <a href="/wiki/Simon_II_of_Kartli" title="Simon II of Kartli">Simon II</a> (1619–1630) could arrive. Within days, all Kartli and Kakheti was in Georgian hands. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saakadze_by_Castelli.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Saakadze_by_Castelli.jpg/220px-Saakadze_by_Castelli.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="333" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Saakadze_by_Castelli.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="305" data-file-height="462" /></a><figcaption>George Saakadze's portrait drawn by <a href="/wiki/Teramo_Castelli" title="Teramo Castelli">Teramo Castelli</a> in <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> in 1626</figcaption></figure> <p>After that, Saakadze's army invaded neighbouring provinces of the Safavid Empire – plundering Ganja and razing to the ground countryside to the <a href="/wiki/Aras_(river)" title="Aras (river)">Araxes</a> river, thus avenging Shah Abbas’ invasions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchili1989446–447_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchili1989446–447-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEgnatashvili1989780–781_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEgnatashvili1989780–781-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the Georgian Uprising was sudden, Qizilbash tribes living in <a href="/wiki/Karabakh" title="Karabakh">Karabakh</a> were caught by surprise and had to flee further south hastily. Even though Georgians managed to capture thousands of Qizilbashes. As <a href="/wiki/Saint" title="Saint">Saint</a> <a href="/wiki/Luarsab_II_of_Kartli" title="Luarsab II of Kartli">Luarsab II of Kartli</a> had already been martyred on the orders of the Shah in 1622,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEgnatashvili1989769–771_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEgnatashvili1989769–771-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Teimuraz I was invited from <a href="/wiki/Gonio_Fortress" class="mw-redirect" title="Gonio Fortress">Gonio</a> to take the crowns of Kartli and Kakheti, thereby uniting both Kingdoms.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007449_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007449-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchili1989447–448_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchili1989447–448-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abbas I, like Iran's and Turkey's chroniclers, was aghast at this debacle.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013194_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013194-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His counterattack came in June 1625, when another Qizilbash army numbering 40,000, led by <a href="/wiki/Isa_Khan_Safavi" title="Isa Khan Safavi">Isa Khan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rostom_of_Kartli" title="Rostom of Kartli">Kaikhosro-Mirza</a>, entered in Kartli and bivouacked on the <a href="/wiki/Marabda" title="Marabda">Marabda</a> Field, while the Georgians were higher up in the <a href="/wiki/Kojori" title="Kojori">Kojori</a> gorge.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchili1989448–449_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchili1989448–449-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the council of war, George Saakadze urged King Teimuraz I and other lords to remain in position, since descending into the valley would allow the Iranians to take advantage of their numerical superiority as well as firepower.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchili1989450_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchili1989450-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, powerful lords were concerned about the enemy ravaging their estates and threatened to defect unless the battle was given at once, thus the Grand Mouravi was overruled.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007446_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007446-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 1, 1625, Teimuraz I ordered the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Marabda" title="Battle of Marabda">attack</a>. The Iranians, armed with the latest weaponry, were well prepared for the assault, having dug trenches and deployed their troops in four lines, with the first kneeling, the second standing, the third on horseback, and the fourth on camels.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchili1989454_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchili1989454-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013194_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013194-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007446_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007446-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Georgians, lacking firearms, suffered heavy casualties, but the impetus of their attack pierced the Qizilbash lines and spread confusion among the enemy. As the Iranians began to flee, a small group of Georgian troops pursued them while others began to plunder the Qizilbash camp. At this moment, the Iranian reinforcement numbering 20,000, led by Shahbandeh Khan of Azerbaijan, arrived charging the befuddled Georgians;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEgnatashvili1989782_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEgnatashvili1989782-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the resultant confusion, Prince <a href="/wiki/Teimuraz_I,_Prince_of_Mukhrani" title="Teimuraz I, Prince of Mukhrani">Teimuraz Mukhranbatoni</a> was killed but the rumor spread that King Teimuraz I had been killed, further demoralizing the Georgian host. The Georgians were defeated, losing about 10,000 killed and wounded,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013194_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013194-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including 900 mountaineers from the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Aragvi" title="Duchy of Aragvi">Duchy of Aragvi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchili1989456_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchili1989456-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the dead were the <a href="/wiki/Nine_Brothers_Kherkheulidze" title="Nine Brothers Kherkheulidze">nine brothers Kherkheulidze</a> who defended the royal banner to the last, as well as the prominent nobles – <a href="/wiki/Tsitsishvili" title="Tsitsishvili">Baadur Tsitsishvili</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jandieri" title="Jandieri">David Jandieri</a>, nine <a href="/wiki/Machabeli" title="Machabeli">Machabelis</a>, seven <a href="/wiki/Cholokashvili" title="Cholokashvili">Cholokashvilis</a>, bishops of Rustavi and Kharchisho.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchili1989455_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchili1989455-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, Zurab Eristavi, the mighty Duke of Aragvi, was severely wounded. The Iranians suffered heavy losses as well, losing some 14,000 men,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007446_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007446-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including Amir Guneh Khan of Erivan – deadly wounded by <a href="/wiki/Manuchar_III_Jaqeli" title="Manuchar III Jaqeli">Manuchar III Jaqeli</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchili1989456_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchili1989456-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the battle, Saakadze again led the Georgian resistance and turned to guerrilla war, eliminating some 12,000 Qizilbashes in the <a href="/wiki/Ksani" title="Ksani">Ksani</a> Valley alone.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007446_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007446-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the dead was Shahbandeh Khan of Azerbaijan, while <a href="/wiki/Qazaq_Khan_Cherkes" title="Qazaq Khan Cherkes">Qazaq Khan Cherkes</a> was captured. The Georgian Uprising of 1625 debunked Shah Abbas’ plans of destroying the Georgian states and setting up Qizilbash khanates in Kartli and Kakheti.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze200726–27_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze200726–27-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Losing half of his army forced Shah Abbas I to let vassals rule eastern Georgia. He abandoned plans to cleanse it of Christians.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013194_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013194-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Giorgi_Saakadze_(film)" title="Giorgi Saakadze (film)">George Saakadze</a></i> (1942) is a Soviet Georgian historical drama film directed by <a href="/wiki/Mikheil_Chiaureli" title="Mikheil Chiaureli">Mikheil Chiaureli</a>, depicting the heroic struggle of the <a href="/wiki/Georgians" title="Georgians">Georgian</a> nation against the Ottoman and Safavid hordes during the first quarter of the seventeenth century. The film is based on the six-volume novel, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Grand_Mouravi_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Grand Mouravi (novel) (page does not exist)">The Grand Mouravi</a></i> (1937–1958), of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Anna_Antonovskaya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anna Antonovskaya (page does not exist)">Anna Antonovskaya</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Demographic, material, economic and cultural losses inflicted to the Kingdom of Kakheti by the hordes of the Qizilbashes, during the first quarter of the seventeenth century, were irreparable. Population of the Kingdom dwindled to 50,000–60,000, while Gremi and Zagemi were almost completely devastated and never fully recovered from the blow dealt by the invaders. Hundreds of villages, castles and churches were razed to the ground or badly damaged. Yet still, fierce resistance resulted in Georgians preserving statehood, most of their ethnic territories, as well as religion of the ancestors.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%96_I,_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A6%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%AE%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%93_(%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98)_%E2%80%93_Teimuraz_I_(1606-1648)_with_his_wife_Khoreshan_(Casteli,_drawing).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%96_I%2C_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A6%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%AE%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%93_%28%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%29_%E2%80%93_Teimuraz_I_%281606-1648%29_with_his_wife_Khoreshan_%28Casteli%2C_drawing%29.JPG/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%96_I%2C_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A6%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%AE%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%93_%28%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%29_%E2%80%93_Teimuraz_I_%281606-1648%29_with_his_wife_Khoreshan_%28Casteli%2C_drawing%29.JPG/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%96_I%2C_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A6%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%AE%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%93_%28%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%29_%E2%80%93_Teimuraz_I_%281606-1648%29_with_his_wife_Khoreshan_%28Casteli%2C_drawing%29.JPG/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="764" /></a><figcaption> King Teimuraz I and his wife <a href="/wiki/Khorashan_of_Kartli" title="Khorashan of Kartli">Khorashan</a>. A sketch from the album of the contemporaneous <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> missionary <a href="/wiki/Cristoforo_Castelli" class="mw-redirect" title="Cristoforo Castelli">Cristoforo Castelli</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Dagestani peoples, encouraged by the Safavid officials, constantly attacked poorly defended countryside of Kakheti,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELamberti2020188–189_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELamberti2020188–189-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and massively migrated to the easternmost region of the Kingdom – <a href="/wiki/Saingilo" title="Saingilo">Eliseni</a>, on the left bank of the <a href="/wiki/Alazani" title="Alazani">Alazani</a> river.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWitsen2013206_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWitsen2013206-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such a development led to a <a href="/wiki/Lekianoba" title="Lekianoba">prolonged conflict</a> between the Georgians and marauding Dagestani bands, greatly hampering revival of the Kakhetian Kingdom. Teimuraz I took an energetic measures against the Dagestanis’, suddenly attacked and decapitated the <a href="/wiki/Elisu_Sultanate" title="Elisu Sultanate">Sultan of Elisu</a>, avenging for his participation in the Abbas I's Georgian campaigns.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEgnatashvili1989790_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEgnatashvili1989790-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Besides that Teimuraz I tried to reestablish Christianity in the westernmost part of <a href="/wiki/Dagestan" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a>, between the mountainous <a href="/wiki/Tsez_people" title="Tsez people">Dido people</a>, traditionally closely related with Kakheti. Despite some initial successes, efforts made by the King proved to be futile.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchili1989477_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchili1989477-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the next five years Teimuraz I got rid of his major rivals one by one – defeating Saakadze in the decisive <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bazaleti" title="Battle of Bazaleti">battle of Bazaleti</a> (1626) and assassinating Simon II and Zurab Eristavi, both in 1630. In 1632, he sheltered <a href="/wiki/Daud_Khan_Undiladze" title="Daud Khan Undiladze">Daud Khan Undiladze</a>, the Safavid governor of Ganja and Karabakh. After Abbas's death in 1629, once mighty clan of the Undiladze fell into disfavor and was destroyed on the order of the <a href="/wiki/Shah_Safi" class="mw-redirect" title="Shah Safi">Shah Safi</a>. In response, Daud Khan colluded with Teimuraz I, deceitfully leading detachment of the <a href="/wiki/Qajars_(tribe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Qajars (tribe)">Qajars</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Iori_(river)" title="Iori (river)">Iori</a> river to be massacred by Kakhetians.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchili1989471–472_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchili1989471–472-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, Teimuraz's army immediately invaded Arran and Karabakh several times, pillaging Ganja twice.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELamberti2020214–220_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELamberti2020214–220-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1633, Safavid counterattack came, the Qizilbash army led by <a href="/wiki/Rostom_of_Kartli" title="Rostom of Kartli">Rostom Khan</a>, uncle of the late Simon II, forced Teimuraz I to Imereti. Rostom (1633–1658) became the new King of Kartli. However, in the following year, to the disappointment of the Shah, Teimuraz I managed to reestablish himself in the Duchies of Aragvi and <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Ksani" title="Duchy of Ksani">Ksani</a>. Moreover, by 1638, Kakheti was under full control of the unruly King. During the 1630s Teimuraz I renewed his attempts to establish close ties with Russia. In 1639, he petitioned the Tsar of Russia for help and signed an oath of loyalty.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013199_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013199-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, no military aid had arrived. </p><p>In 1642, Teimuraz I conspired with Catholicos-Patriarch of eastern Georgia – <a href="/wiki/Eudemus_I_of_Georgia" title="Eudemus I of Georgia">Eudemus I</a> and Kartlian nobles, to assassinate Rostom of Kartli, when the Muslim King was relaxing unguarded in the country. After that, Teimuraz I had to capture <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a>, expel Qizilbashes and unite eastern Georgian Kingdoms. However, a conspirator betrayed the plot. Rostom had the Catholicos-Patriarch arrested and imprisoned at the citadel of Tbilisi, where he was strangled.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013200_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013200-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eudemus I was canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church as a holy <a href="/wiki/Hieromartyr" title="Hieromartyr">hieromartyr</a>. Six years later stubborn King of Kakheti was finally ousted from the power, losing the heir – <a href="/wiki/Prince_David_of_Kakheti" title="Prince David of Kakheti">Prince David</a>, in the fateful <a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Magharo_(1648)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Magharo (1648) (page does not exist)">battle of Magharo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEgnatashvili1989802_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEgnatashvili1989802-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rostom, loyal vassal of the Shah, became the new ruler of Kakheti. </p><p>Taking shelter in Imereti, deposed Kakhetian King had his grandson <a href="/wiki/Heraclius_I_of_Kakheti" title="Heraclius I of Kakheti">Heraclius</a> sent to the Russian court. In 1658, Teimuraz I travelled to <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, thus becoming the first Georgian King to visit Russia. In 1661, seventy-two years old King was captured during the Imeretian campaign of the King of Kartli, <a href="/wiki/Vakhtang_V_of_Kartli" class="mw-redirect" title="Vakhtang V of Kartli">Vakhtang V</a> (1658–1675). Teimuraz I was escorted as an honoured prisoner through Kartli to <a href="/wiki/Abbas_II_of_Persia" title="Abbas II of Persia">Shah Abbas II's</a> court – the Shah urged him to accept Islam, offered him meat on a fast day and, when Teimuraz I declined, threw wine in his face and imprisoned him in Astrabad by the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013210_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013210-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Here, the most valiant Georgian King of the seventeenth century died in 1663. Teimuraz I was buried in the <a href="/wiki/Alaverdi_Monastery" title="Alaverdi Monastery">Alaverdi Monastery</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Archil_of_Imereti_(Bagrationi_dynasty).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Archil_of_Imereti_%28Bagrationi_dynasty%29.jpg/220px-Archil_of_Imereti_%28Bagrationi_dynasty%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="307" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Archil_of_Imereti_%28Bagrationi_dynasty%29.jpg/330px-Archil_of_Imereti_%28Bagrationi_dynasty%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Archil_of_Imereti_%28Bagrationi_dynasty%29.jpg/440px-Archil_of_Imereti_%28Bagrationi_dynasty%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1552" data-file-height="2164" /></a><figcaption>King Archil II by <a href="/wiki/Nicolaes_Witsen" title="Nicolaes Witsen">Nicolaes Witsen</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1656, Shah Abbas II made another attempt to settle Turkoman tribes in Kakheti. As a result, in 1659, Georgians <a href="/wiki/Bakhtrioni_uprising" title="Bakhtrioni uprising">revolted</a> again, tens of thousands Turkomans were massacred, or forced to leave Kakheti. The location, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gatsqvetila&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gatsqvetila (page does not exist)">Gatsqvetila</a> (‘Exterminated’), where the most Qizilbashes were slaughtered, became infamous.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013210_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013210-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1660, Shah acknowledged his failure in Kakheti. However, Safavids also threatened retaliation if rebel leaders did not surrender. <a href="/wiki/Bidzina_Cholokashvili" title="Bidzina Cholokashvili">Bidzina Cholokashvili</a>, Shalva and Elizbar <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Ksani" title="Duchy of Ksani">Eristavis of Ksani</a> chose to sacrifice their lives to avoid further bloodshed and traveled to Isfahan, where they were executed. The events of the 1659 Uprising produced numerous oral traditions, especially in mountainous regions of eastern Georgia – <a href="/wiki/Tusheti" title="Tusheti">Tusheti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pshavi" title="Pshavi">Pshavi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Khevsureti" title="Khevsureti">Khevsureti</a>, where poems dedicated to local heroes became popular. In the nineteenth century, <a href="/wiki/Vazha-Pshavela" title="Vazha-Pshavela">Vazha-Pshavela</a> used these traditions to create one of his finest poems, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bakhtrioni_(poem)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bakhtrioni (poem) (page does not exist)">Bakhtrioni</a></i> (1892), while his fellow writer <a href="/wiki/Akaki_Tsereteli" title="Akaki Tsereteli">Akaki Tsereteli</a> produced another classic of Georgian literature, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bashi-Achuki_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bashi-Achuki (novel) (page does not exist)">Bashi-Achuki</a></i> (1896).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007177–178_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007177–178-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bashi-Achuki_(film)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bashi-Achuki (film) (page does not exist)">Bashi-Achuki</a></i> (1956) is also a Soviet Georgian historical drama film directed by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Esakia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leo Esakia (page does not exist)">Leo Esakia</a>. </p><p>In 1664, <a href="/wiki/Archil_of_Imereti" title="Archil of Imereti">Archil II</a> (1664–1675), the eldest son of the Kartlian King Vakhtang V, was confirmed as a new King of Kakheti, nominally converting to Islam. Eleven years of the Archil's reign proved to be the most successful period of the calamitous seventeenth century. Archil II managed to start a long process of the revival of Kakheti.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007136_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007136-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his reign tens of deserted villages were repopulated, churches and monasteries repaired, castles rebuilt. In addition, <a href="/wiki/Telavi" title="Telavi">Telavi</a> – insignificant town during the fifteenth–seventeenth centuries – emerged as a new political and urban center of the Kingdom. Effectively exploiting military resources of his father's realm, Archil II organized several victorious expeditions in Dagestan, forcing mountaineers to submission.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVakhushti1973603–604_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVakhushti1973603–604-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, during the reign of Archil II inroads of the Dagestani bands decreased significantly. However, in 1675, he had to leave Kakheti, while <a href="/wiki/Heraclius_I_of_Kakheti" title="Heraclius I of Kakheti">Heraclius I</a> was forced to stay in Isfahan for years, before his nominal conversion to Islam. </p><p>From 1676 to 1703 Kakheti was put under direct control of the Safavid appointed khans, whose authority being merely nominal. Iranian khans, unable to deal with the Georgian nobility backed by restive vassal of the Safavids <a href="/wiki/George_XI_of_Kartli" title="George XI of Kartli">George XI of Kartli</a> (1676–1688; 1703–1709), tried to weaken aristocratic resistance by encouraging further incursions and migration of the Dagestanis’ into Kakhetian lands.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVakhushti1973605_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVakhushti1973605-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eighteenth_century:_Heraclius_II,_political_and_cultural_revival,_twilight_of_the_Kartli-Kakhetian_Kingdom"><span id="Eighteenth_century:_Heraclius_II.2C_political_and_cultural_revival.2C_twilight_of_the_Kartli-Kakhetian_Kingdom"></span>Eighteenth century: Heraclius II, political and cultural revival, twilight of the Kartli-Kakhetian Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakheti&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Eighteenth century: Heraclius II, political and cultural revival, twilight of the Kartli-Kakhetian Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_the_Georgian_king_Teimuraz_II_Nikolaevich.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Portrait_of_the_Georgian_king_Teimuraz_II_Nikolaevich.jpg/220px-Portrait_of_the_Georgian_king_Teimuraz_II_Nikolaevich.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Portrait_of_the_Georgian_king_Teimuraz_II_Nikolaevich.jpg/330px-Portrait_of_the_Georgian_king_Teimuraz_II_Nikolaevich.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Portrait_of_the_Georgian_king_Teimuraz_II_Nikolaevich.jpg/440px-Portrait_of_the_Georgian_king_Teimuraz_II_Nikolaevich.jpg 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>King Teimuraz II by Efim Vinogradov and Alexei Grekov</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1703, Kakhetian branch of the house of Bagrationi was restored, ruling as the vassals of the degenerating Safavid dynasty. During the next twenty years Heraclius I (1675–1676; 1703–1709) and <a href="/wiki/David_II_of_Kakheti" title="David II of Kakheti">David II</a> (1709–1722) had to deal with the incessant Dagestani inroads. Despite some initial successes, Eliseni, the easternmost region of the Kingdom, was irrevocably lost in the 1710s,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVakhushti1973612_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVakhushti1973612-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and free communities of the mountaineers, known as <a href="/wiki/Djaro-Belokani" class="mw-redirect" title="Djaro-Belokani">Djaro-Belokani</a>, were established, while Georgian peasants living there had to leave or to Islamize gradually. They who chose the latter, became known as <a href="/wiki/Ingiloy_people" title="Ingiloy people">Ingiloys</a>. </p><p>In 1722, <a href="/wiki/Constantine_II_of_Kakheti" title="Constantine II of Kakheti">Constantine II</a> (1722–1732), the illegitimate son of Heraclius I, became the new King of Kakheti. In the next year, <a href="/wiki/Tahmasp_II" title="Tahmasp II">Shah Tahmasp II</a> ordered him to remove from power <a href="/wiki/Vakhtang_VI_of_Kartli" class="mw-redirect" title="Vakhtang VI of Kartli">Vakhtang VI of Kartli</a>, who adopted an anti-Safavid policy and made an alliance with Russia, which proved to be unsuccessful. Constantine II of Kakheti, reinforced by the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijanis" title="Azerbaijanis">Transcaucasian Tatars</a> and Dagestanis, invaded Kartli and captured Tbilisi on May 4, 1723. Defeated King of Kartli and his supporters fled to <a href="/wiki/Shida_Kartli" title="Shida Kartli">Shida Kartli</a>. The same year, the Ottoman army marched against the Constantine II, who was unable to stop it and offered to negotiate. The Ottomans entered Tbilisi on June 12, 1723, deceiving and imprisoning King of Kakheti during the negotiations. Fortunately for him, Constantine II managed to escape to his realm. After Vakhtang VI of Kartli immigrated to Russia in 1724, King of Kakheti became the sole leader of the anti-Ottoman resistance in eastern Georgia. Since Safavid Iran was on the verge of collapse, nominally Muslim Constantine II decided to return to the centuries-old pro-Russian foreign policy of his forefathers and offered to place Kartli and Kakheti under the Russian protection. However, Peter the Great, as well as his successors had no intention to start a new war against the Ottomans.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007239_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007239-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, Ottoman Empire skillfully used coreligionist Sunni Dagestanis against recalcitrant Georgian King, encouraging them to put constant pressure on Kakheti. On September 26, 1724, the Ottomans defeated Constantine's army in the fierce battle of <a href="/wiki/Ateni_gorge" title="Ateni gorge">Zedavela</a>, while Dagestani bands devastated countryside. As a result, Constantine II had to find shelter in Pshavi. Yet still, in 1725, Georgians managed to drive marauding bands of the mountaineers out of Kakheti. By 1730, Kakhetian King was forced to recognize Ottoman supremacy and agreed to pay tribute. Additionally, Constantine II, indifferent to religion, converted from <a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam" title="Shia Islam">Shia</a> to <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Islam</a>. Seven years long resistance of Georgians resulted in invaders abandoning initial plan of annexation of Kakheti, as the <a href="/wiki/Sublime_Porte" title="Sublime Porte">Ottoman Porte</a> had done in <a href="/wiki/Samtskhe-Saatabago" title="Samtskhe-Saatabago">Samtskhe-Saatabago</a> at the turn of the seventeenth century. On December 28, 1732, the Ottomans, never fully confident in Constantine's loyalty, murdered Kakhetian King in a treacherous way, inviting him to negotiate.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007239_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007239-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Constantine II was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Teimuraz_II_of_Kakheti" title="Teimuraz II of Kakheti">Teimuraz II</a> (1732–1744), the only Christian son of Heraclius I. With the accession of Teimuraz II to the throne forty years of Muslim Kings ruling period (1664–1675; 1703–1732) was over. In 1733, Teimuraz II reluctantly recognized suzerainty of the <a href="/wiki/Mahmud_I" title="Mahmud I">Sultan</a>, only to attack his forces in the next year. The <a href="/wiki/Turkish_people" title="Turkish people">Turks</a>, caught by unawares, were defeated in the bloody <a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Magharo_(1734)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Magharo (1734) (page does not exist)">battle of Magharo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007617_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007617-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Heraclius_II_of_Eastern_Georgia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Heraclius_II_of_Eastern_Georgia.jpg/220px-Heraclius_II_of_Eastern_Georgia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Heraclius_II_of_Eastern_Georgia.jpg/330px-Heraclius_II_of_Eastern_Georgia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Heraclius_II_of_Eastern_Georgia.jpg/440px-Heraclius_II_of_Eastern_Georgia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="956" /></a><figcaption>King Heraclius II</figcaption></figure> <p>A shrewd statesman, Teimuraz II tried to use Qizilbashes to his advantage and supported <a href="/wiki/Nader_Shah" title="Nader Shah">Tahmasp Qoli Khan</a> in his campaigns to restore Iranian dominance in eastern Transcaucasus, in the 1730s. Initially, Tahmasp Qoli Khan already as <a href="/wiki/Nader_Shah" title="Nader Shah">Nader Shah</a>, distrusted the stubborn King, who refused to convert to Islam even after detainment. However, the Shah, preoccupied by <a href="/wiki/Nader_Shah%27s_invasion_of_India" title="Nader Shah's invasion of India">war on India</a>, conceded that a Christian King would best keep Kartli and Kakheti peaceful and spare him from fighting on two fronts. First, he took with him to Iran Teimuraz II, his son <a href="/wiki/Heraclius_II_of_Georgia" title="Heraclius II of Georgia">Heraclius</a> and his daughter Ketevan as hostages: Nader Shah married Ketevan to a relative, and enlisted Heraclius, who had military genius, for the Indian front. Meanwhile, in 1738, Teimuraz II, supported by the Qizilbashes, came back in his realm.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013232_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013232-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He managed to suppress the anti-Iranian rebellion led by the influential Kartlian noble, <a href="/wiki/Givi_Amilakhvari" title="Givi Amilakhvari">Givi Amilakhvari</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007617_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007617-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and consolidate his power in Kartli, thus de facto uniting eastern Georgian Kingdoms. </p><p>In 1744, Nader Shah confirmed Teimuraz II and his son <a href="/wiki/Heraclius_II_of_Georgia" title="Heraclius II of Georgia">Heraclius II</a> (1744–1762) as the kings of Kartli and Kakheti and allowed them to perform Christian coronations.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007618_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007618-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Father and son were crowned at the <a href="/wiki/Svetitskhoveli_Cathedral" title="Svetitskhoveli Cathedral">Svetitskhoveli Cathedral</a> on October 1, 1745 – the first Christian coronation of the eastern Georgian kings in over a century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013233_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013233-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1762, the Kakhetian Kingdom was united with the neighboring Georgian <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kartli" title="Kingdom of Kartli">Kingdom of Kartli</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kartli-Kakheti" title="Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti">Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti</a> under King Heraclius II. Following the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Georgievsk" title="Treaty of Georgievsk">Treaty of Georgievsk</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Krtsanisi" title="Battle of Krtsanisi">sack of Tbilisi</a> by <a href="/wiki/Agha_Mohammad_Khan_Qajar" title="Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar">Agha Mohammad Khan</a>, in 1801 the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti was annexed to the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>. Russian suzerainty over Kakheti and the rest of Georgia was recognized by <a href="/wiki/Qajar_dynasty" title="Qajar dynasty">Qajar Iran</a> in the 1813 <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Gulistan" title="Treaty of Gulistan">Treaty of Gulistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1801–1917:_Kakheti_within_the_Russian_Empire,_uprisings,_modernization,_Georgian_national_awakening"><span id="1801.E2.80.931917:_Kakheti_within_the_Russian_Empire.2C_uprisings.2C_modernization.2C_Georgian_national_awakening"></span>1801–1917: Kakheti within the Russian Empire, uprisings, modernization, Georgian national awakening</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakheti&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1801–1917: Kakheti within the Russian Empire, uprisings, modernization, Georgian national awakening"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Loss of independence and establishment of the Imperial administration led to an imminent uprisings. In 1802, Kakhetian nobles revolted, insurgents planned to restore kartli-Kakhetian Kingdom. However, Russians quickly responded and crushed the rebellion.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007385–386_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007385–386-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1810–1811, Kakheti suffered from poor harvests and plague, which led to food shortages and high prices. Despite the hardship, Russian officials forced the peasantry to sell their remaining produce to the state at a low price. As the Russian troops began requisitioning supplies, a peasant uprising flared up in the village of <a href="/wiki/Akhmeta" title="Akhmeta">Akhmeta</a> on January 31, 1812. The insurgents defeated Russians in the hard-fought battle of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodbiskhevi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bodbiskhevi (page does not exist)">Bodbiskhevi</a>, killing 2 officers and 212 soldiers,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPotto1887484_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPotto1887484-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> captured and slaughtered the entire Russian garrison of Signagi and later seized Telavi, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Anaga_(Georgia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anaga (Georgia) (page does not exist)">Anaga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dusheti" title="Dusheti">Dusheti</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pasanauri" title="Pasanauri">Pasanauri</a>. After some hesitations the rebels were supported by the local nobility and clergy. They proclaimed a prince <a href="/wiki/Prince_Grigol_of_Georgia" title="Prince Grigol of Georgia">Grigol Bagrationi</a>, great-grandson of <a href="/wiki/Heraclius_II_of_Georgia" title="Heraclius II of Georgia">Heraclius II</a> and grandson of <a href="/wiki/George_XII_of_Georgia" title="George XII of Georgia">George XII</a> as the King of Kartli-Kakheti.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013272_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013272-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The revolt soon spread to <a href="/wiki/Kartli" title="Kartli">Kartli</a>, and the Russian forces lost more than 1,000 men in clashes with the insurgents. The rebellion continued throughout 1812 until the superior Imperial army, led by governors of Caucasus – Italian-born <a href="/wiki/Filippo_Paulucci" title="Filippo Paulucci">Marquis de Paulucci</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nikolay_Rtishchev" title="Nikolay Rtishchev">Nikolay Rtishchev</a> finally defeated it and pacified the region by early 1813.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007386_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007386-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1918–1921 Kakheti was part of the independent <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia" title="Democratic Republic of Georgia">Democratic Republic of Georgia</a>, in 1922–1936 part of the <a href="/wiki/Transcaucasian_Socialist_Federative_Soviet_Republic" title="Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic">Transcaucasian SFSR</a> and in 1936–1991 part of the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic">Georgian SSR</a>. Since the Georgian independence in 1991, Kakheti has been a region of the republic of Georgia.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Winemaking_in_Kakheti">Winemaking in Kakheti</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakheti&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Winemaking in Kakheti"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Kakheti" title="Special:EditPage/Kakheti">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alazani_Caucasus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Alazani_Caucasus.jpg/200px-Alazani_Caucasus.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Alazani_Caucasus.jpg/300px-Alazani_Caucasus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Alazani_Caucasus.jpg/400px-Alazani_Caucasus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>The Alazani River Plain, with the Caucasus Mountains in the background</figcaption></figure> <p>The Kakheti Wine Region is located in the eastern part of Georgia and comprises two river basins, <a href="/wiki/Iori_(river)" title="Iori (river)">Iori</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alazani" title="Alazani">Alazani</a>. These rivers have a significant influence on the character of Kakhetian wines. Kakheti is bordered on the west by another very important wine region of Georgia - Kartli. Together with the location, the climatic conditions of the region play an essential role in the formation of Kakheti wines. Kakheti vineyards are cultivated at an altitude of 250–800 meters above sea level. We can find both humid subtropicals as well as continental climates in the region. Kakheti terroir provides ideal conditions for both local varieties and international wine varieties as well. When talking about the Kakheti wine region, the first thing that comes to mind is Rkatsiteli and Saperavi grapes. These two wine varieties have become the face of the region and Georgia. With the increase in the awareness of Georgian wine, the interest in these varieties is growing, so do not be surprised if you encounter these Kakhetian wine varieties in different wine regions in the world. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Travel_information">Travel information</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakheti&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Travel information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Kakheti" title="Special:EditPage/Kakheti">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gremi_Kakheti01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Gremi_Kakheti01.jpg/220px-Gremi_Kakheti01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Gremi_Kakheti01.jpg/330px-Gremi_Kakheti01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Gremi_Kakheti01.jpg/440px-Gremi_Kakheti01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1581" /></a><figcaption>Gremi church in Kakheti.</figcaption></figure> <p>The travel infrastructure in Kakheti is fast developing, since it is the most visited region of Georgia. One can choose to stay in a guest house, in a small and comfortable hotel, or a beautiful boutique-style hotel while traveling in this region. Telavi and Signagi are the most visited towns. Signagi was renovated three years ago. Until recently there were only some family hotels (simple rooms in a family-owned house with a shared bathroom), but now Signagi features several hotels. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakheti&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kakhetian_pig" title="Kakhetian pig">Kakhetian pig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Kakheti_and_Hereti" title="List of monarchs of Kakheti and Hereti">List of sovereigns of Kakheti</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakheti&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://geostat.ge/media/61960/1-3-population-by-cities-and-boroughs.xlsx">"Population by regions"</a>. 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013199_45-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRayfield2013">Rayfield 2013</a>, p. 199.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013200-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013200_46-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRayfield2013">Rayfield 2013</a>, p. 200.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEEgnatashvili1989802-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEgnatashvili1989802_47-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFEgnatashvili1989">Egnatashvili 1989</a>, p. 802.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013210-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013210_48-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013210_48-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRayfield2013">Rayfield 2013</a>, p. 210.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007177–178-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007177–178_49-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMikaberidze2007">Mikaberidze 2007</a>, pp. 177–178.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007136-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007136_50-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMikaberidze2007">Mikaberidze 2007</a>, p. 136.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVakhushti1973603–604-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVakhushti1973603–604_51-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVakhushti1973">Vakhushti 1973</a>, pp. 603–604.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVakhushti1973605-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVakhushti1973605_52-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVakhushti1973">Vakhushti 1973</a>, p. 605.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVakhushti1973612-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVakhushti1973612_53-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVakhushti1973">Vakhushti 1973</a>, p. 612.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007239-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007239_54-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007239_54-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMikaberidze2007">Mikaberidze 2007</a>, p. 239.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007617-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007617_55-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007617_55-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMikaberidze2007">Mikaberidze 2007</a>, p. 617.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013232-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013232_56-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRayfield2013">Rayfield 2013</a>, p. 232.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007618-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007618_57-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMikaberidze2007">Mikaberidze 2007</a>, p. 618.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013233-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013233_58-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRayfield2013">Rayfield 2013</a>, p. 233.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Timothy C. Dowling <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KTq2BQAAQBAJ&dq=russo+persian+war+1804-1813&pg=PA728"><i>Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond</i></a> p 728 ABC-CLIO, 2 dec. 2014 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1598849484" title="Special:BookSources/1598849484">1598849484</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007385–386-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007385–386_60-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMikaberidze2007">Mikaberidze 2007</a>, pp. 385–386.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPotto1887484-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPotto1887484_61-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPotto1887">Potto 1887</a>, p. 484.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERayfield2013272-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERayfield2013272_62-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRayfield2013">Rayfield 2013</a>, p. 272.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007386-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2007386_63-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMikaberidze2007">Mikaberidze 2007</a>, p. 386.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakheti&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAllen1970" class="citation book cs1">Allen, William E. D. (1970). <i>Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings 1589 to 1605. Volume I</i>. Cambridge University Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Russian+Embassies+to+the+Georgian+Kings+1589+to+1605.+Volume+I&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1970&rft.aulast=Allen&rft.aufirst=William+E.+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKakheti" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFArchili1989" class="citation book cs1">Bagrationi, Archili (1989). <i>The Dialogue between Teimuraz and Rustveli</i>. Nakaduli.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Dialogue+between+Teimuraz+and+Rustveli&rft.pub=Nakaduli&rft.date=1989&rft.aulast=Bagrationi&rft.aufirst=Archili&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKakheti" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVakhushti1973" class="citation book cs1">Bagrationi, Vakhushti (1973). <i>Description of the Kingdom of Georgia</i>. Sabchota Sakartvelo.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Description+of+the+Kingdom+of+Georgia&rft.pub=Sabchota+Sakartvelo&rft.date=1973&rft.aulast=Bagrationi&rft.aufirst=Vakhushti&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKakheti" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEgnatashvili1989" class="citation book cs1">Egnatashvili, Beri (1989). <i>The New Georgian Chronicle</i>. Nakaduli.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+New+Georgian+Chronicle&rft.pub=Nakaduli&rft.date=1989&rft.aulast=Egnatashvili&rft.aufirst=Beri&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKakheti" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLamberti2020" class="citation book cs1">Lamberti, Arcangelo (2020). <i>Colchide Sacra</i>. Artanuji.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Colchide+Sacra&rft.pub=Artanuji&rft.date=2020&rft.aulast=Lamberti&rft.aufirst=Arcangelo&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKakheti" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMikaberidze2007" class="citation book cs1">Mikaberidze, Alexander (2007). <i>Historical Dictionary of Georgia</i>. 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Berezovski.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Caucasian+War+in+Different+Essays%2C+Episodes%2C+Legends%2C+and+Biographies.+volume+I&rft.pub=V.+A.+Berezovski&rft.date=1887&rft.aulast=Potto&rft.aufirst=Vasily&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKakheti" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRayfield2013" class="citation book cs1">Rayfield, Donald (2013). <i>Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia</i>. Reaktion Books.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Edge+of+Empires%3A+A+History+of+Georgia&rft.pub=Reaktion+Books&rft.date=2013&rft.aulast=Rayfield&rft.aufirst=Donald&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKakheti" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWitsen2013" class="citation book cs1">Witsen, Nicolaes (2013). <i>Noord en Oost Tartarye</i>. Universali.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Noord+en+Oost+Tartarye&rft.pub=Universali&rft.date=2013&rft.aulast=Witsen&rft.aufirst=Nicolaes&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKakheti" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakheti&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output 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