Zinobiani
Sign in to saveZinobiani (), formerly Oktomberi (, between 1938 and 2010) is a village in Georgia. It is located in eastern Georgia, in the Qvareli Municipality of the Kakheti region. It has been one of the main places of compact residence of the Udis since 1920s.
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- Zinobiani
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- Village
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- Georgia
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- ზინობიანი
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- Municipality
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- Georgia (country)
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- Qvareli Municipality
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- Kakheti
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- 2014
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- 337
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Zinobiani (), formerly Oktomberi (, between 1938 and 2010) is a village in Georgia. It is located in eastern Georgia, in the Qvareli Municipality of the Kakheti region. It has been one of the main places of compact residence of the Udis since 1920s.
== History == It was founded in 1922 by Orthodox Udis from the city of Vartashen (modern Oğuz, Azerbaijan), who came to Georgia in search of refuge from Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict of 1918-1920s. The resettlement was led by Zinobi Silikashvili. The first group of settlers arrived in 1922 and chose a place for settlement, in 1924 further 22 families settled there. Silikashvili was arrested and executed in 1938, village was renamed Oktomberi until 2010.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zinobiani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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