Ozurgeti, Ozurgeti Municipality

Ozurgeti (Georgian: ოზურგეთი) is a village in the Ozurgeti Municipality of Guria in western Georgia. It is located on the Natenebi River, 2 kilometres from the city Ozurgeti. On 11 April 1918, a small battle was fought there between the Ottoman Empire and the Transcaucasian Commissariat. A cemetery for the Ottoman soldiers is located in the village. From 1930 until 1989, the village was named Makharadze in honour of Filipp Makharadze, a Georgian Bolshevik.[1]

Ozurgeti
ოზურგეთი
Village
Ozurgeti is located in Georgia
Ozurgeti
Ozurgeti
Location of Ozurgeti in Georgia
Ozurgeti is located in Guria
Ozurgeti
Ozurgeti
Ozurgeti (Guria)
Coordinates: 41°56′26″N 41°59′26″E / 41.94056°N 41.99056°E / 41.94056; 41.99056
Country Georgia
MkhareGuria
MunicipalityOzurgeti
Elevation
80 m (260 ft)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total1,388
Time zoneUTC+4 (Georgian Time)
Grave of Ottoman soldiers from 1918 battle.

References edit

  1. ^ Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia Vol. 6, p. 317, 1983.