Gantiadi

Coordinates: 43°22′N 40°05′E / 43.367°N 40.083°E / 43.367; 40.083
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Gantiadi (Georgian: განთიადი [ɡantʰiadi] ⓘ; Russian: Гантиади), or Tsandryphsh (Abkhaz: Цандрыҧшь; Russian: Цандрыпш), is an urban-type settlement on the Black Sea coast in Georgia, in the Gagra District of Abkhazia,[note 1] 5 km from the Russian border.

Name

Basilica

Gantiadi in historical times, was known as Sauchi (

war in Abkhazia, Gantiadi was renamed as Tsandrypsh by the de facto government, but the name Gantiadi is still used informally among Abkhazians and widely in other languages.[3]
The name Tsandrypsh derives from the princely family Tsanba.

History

Gantiadi is said to have been the historical capital of the principality of

Sadzen.[3]

Demographics

In 2011, Gantiadi had a population of 5,170. Of these, 55.9% were

Abkhaz, 18.4% Russians, 1.2% Ukrainians, 0.9% Georgians and 0.7% Greeks.[4]

Main sights

Tsandryphsh houses a 6th-century Georgian Christian church.[5] A personal residence of Joseph Stalin is also located here.[citation needed]

See also

Notes

  1. Russian-occupied territory
    .

External links

References

  1. Russian-occupied territory
    .
  2. ^ a b c "Администрация городов, сёл и посёлков Гагрского района". Gagra DistrictAdministration. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  3. ^ a b Pashkov, O.V. (2010). Поселок Цандрипш (Цандрыпш) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  4. ^ 2011 Census results
  5. ^ V. Jaoshvili, R. Rcheulishvili, Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, V. 2, p. 680, Tbilisi, 1977.


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