Baghdati ( Georgian : ბაღდათი , romanized : baghdati ) is a town of 3,700 people in the Imereti region of western Georgia , at the edge of the Ajameti forest on the river Khanistsqali , a tributary of the Rioni .
4-484: The town is located at the edge of the Ajameti forest on the left bank of the river Khanistsqali , about 170 kilometres (110 mi) west-northwest of Tbilisi and 25 kilometres (16 mi) south-southeast of Kutaisi . The climate of Baghdati can be classified as moderately humid subtropical ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ). Baghdati is one of the oldest villages in the historical Imereti region. Its name shares
8-678: Is also home to the Baghdati Cultural Center and the Baghdati Central Stadium. Khanistsqali The Khanistsqali ( Georgian : ხანისწყალი ) is a river of Georgia . It is 57 km (35 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 914 km (353 sq mi). It is a right tributary of the Rioni . It flows through Baghdati , and joins the Rioni at Vartsikhe , south of the city Kutaisi . This article related to
12-469: The poet Vladimir Mayakovsky who was born here in 1893. In 1981, Mayakovsky was granted town status. In 1991, the original name, slightly modified, was restored. In Baghdati there is a furniture factory and companies in the food industry (canned food, wine ). The nearest railway stations are located in Rioni and Kutaisi. Baghdati has the Vladimir Mayakovsky Museum and a National Theatre. It
16-620: The same origins as the name of the capital of Iraq , Baghdād : Bagh 'god' and dāti 'given', which can be translated as "God-given" or "God's gift" in the Pahlavi language . When Georgia was part of the Russian Empire and during the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic , its name was changed to Baghdadi ( Russian : Багдади ). In 1940, it was renamed Mayakovsky ( Georgian : მაიაკოვსკი ; Russian : Маяковский ), after
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