Nasakirali (Georgian: ნასაკირალი is a village in the Ozurgeti Municipality of Guria in western Georgia.[1]
Nasakirali
ნასაკირალი | |
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Village | |
 Monument commemorating a 1905 battle between the Republic of Guria and Cossacks | |
  Nasakirali Location of Nasakirali in Georgia  Nasakirali Nasakirali (Guria) | |
| Coordinates: 41°58′20″N 42°03′50″E / 41.97222°N 42.06389°E | |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Mkhare | Guria |
| Municipality | Ozurgeti |
| Elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 137 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
History
editBattle of Nasakirali (1905)
editOn 20 October 1905, during the Russian Revolution, a small battle took place near the village, between forces of the insurgent Republic of Guria and a small band of Cossacks sent to restore Tsarist authority. The Cossacks were repulsed in battle by a number of armed Gurians (between 1,000 and 4,000; sources differ), with fourteen Cossacks being killed.[2] Before further expeditions could be sent, Staroselski and intelligentsia from Tiflis dissuaded Vorontso-Dashkov, who hoped negotiations could continue.[3] An obelisk was built to commemorate the battle in 1965.
References
edit- ^ Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia Vol. 7, p. 324, 1984.
- ^ Zhghenti 1936, p. 156
- ^ Jones 1989, p. 428
Bibliography
edit- Jones, S.F. (July 1989), "Marxism and Peasant Revolt in the Russian Empire: The Case of the Gurian Republic", The Slavonic and East European Review, 67 (3): 403–434
- Zhghenti, Tengiz (1936), 1905 წლის გურიაში [1905 in Guria] (in Georgian), Tbilisi
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