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Khashuri (Georgian: ხაშური) is a town in central Georgia. It is located on the Mtkvari River.
Khashuri is first mentioned in the 1693 document. Modern Khashuri was founded in 1872 as a modest railway halt called "Mikhaylovo" after Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Viceroy of the Caucasus. In 1917, it was renamed into Khashuri. Granted a city status in 1921, it was known as Stalinisi after Joseph Stalin from 1928 to 1934. It is now part of the Shida Kartli mkhare (region) and center of the Khashuri raioni (district).
Khashuri is first mentioned in the 1693 document. Modern Khashuri was founded in 1872 as a modest railway halt called "Mikhaylovo" after Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Viceroy of the Caucasus. In 1917, it was renamed into Khashuri. Granted a city status in 1921, it was known as Stalinisi after Joseph Stalin from 1928 to 1934. It is now part of the Shida Kartli mkhare (region) and center of the Khashuri raioni (district).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khashuri
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Coordinates: 41°59'41"N 43°36'5"E
- Tbilisi 84 km
- Sochi 427 km
- Krasnodar 536 km
- Samsun Metropolitan Municipality 637 km
- Rostov-on-Don 684 km
- Volgograd 769 km
- Makiivka 827 km
- Luhansk 829 km
- Donetsk 829 km
- Dnipro 1007 km
- Khashuri District 2.9 km
- Tskhramukha commune 5.3 km
- Khtsisi commune 6.8 km
- Tsotskhnara's commune 7.6 km
- Khalebi commune 10 km
- Gomi commune 10 km
- Ali commune 13 km
- Zghuderi commune 18 km
- Kareli District 21 km
- Borjomi District 26 km