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Pkhovi
Historical region
A Pkhovian landscape with the Lebaiskari tower.
A Pkhovian landscape with the Lebaiskari tower.
Map highlighting the historical region of Pkhovi
Map highlighting the historical region of Pkhovi
Coordinates: 42°30′N 45°00′E / 42.500°N 45.000°E / 42.500; 45.000
CountryPkhovi Georgia
MkhareMtskheta-Mtianeti

Pkhovi (Georgian: ფხოვი), also known as Pkhoeti (ფხოეთი), is a medieval term for the mountainous district in northeast Georgia comprising the latter-day provinces of Pshavi and Khevsureti along the upper reaches of the Aragvi, and in three alpine valleys just north of the main crest of the Greater Caucasus. Today it is territory of Dusheti Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region.

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Pkhovi

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Pkhovi (Georgian: ფხოვი), also known as Pkhoeti (ფხოეთი), is a medieval term for the mountainous district in northeast Georgia comprising the latter-day...

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Rebellion in Pkhovi and Didoya

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Rebellion in Pkhovi and Didoya (Georgian: ფხოველთა და დიდოელთა აჯანყება, romanized: pkhovelta da didoelta ajanq'eba) was an 1212 uprising of the mountainous...

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Pshavi

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north (the two regions were historically grouped together under the name of Pkhovi); the western fringe of Tusheti and the northernmost tip of the Pankisi...

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Khevsurians

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Georgian chronicle, Khevsureti and Pshavi are referred to together as "Pkhovi", while the Pshavians and Khevsurians themselves were called "Pkhoveli"...

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The Right Hand of the Grand Master

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one is that the various mountain tribes, including, in particular, the Pkhovi (Pshavi and Khevsureti), periodically revolt. George is (nominally) Christian...

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Khevsureti

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area of Pshavi, was known to medieval writers under the joint designation Pkhovi or in the Georgian language: ფხოვი. Chronicler Leonti Mroveli mentions that...

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Tusheti

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while as well. They are Georgian Orthodox Christians. Pagan Georgians from Pkhovi took refuge in the uninhabited mountains during their rebellion against...

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Tamar of Georgia

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not pass without resistance. There was a revolt among the mountainers of Pkhovi and Dido on Georgia's northeastern frontier in 1212, which was put down...

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Dusheti

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the town itself, includes several villages of the historical community of Pkhovi, (Pshavi, and Khevsureti). As of the 2014 all-Georgia census, the town had...

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Jikur

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Tbilisi and levied tribute upon the fiercely independent mountaineers of Pkhovi. Considerable opposition to the authority of Jigda-Khatun and Jikur came...

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