(The coastal city, don't want to add spoilers to the quiz) is really a city worth checking out. It's like a strange mix between the french riviera and Las Vegas. One of my favorite cities!
I wouldn't classify Abkhazia as Russian controlled, influenced sure, but I'm pretty sure most Abkhaz citizens would not be happy with the wording here.
But it is trully Russian controlled region.You may mind about Abkhaz citizens (app.150 000 people) but you don't mind about 4 mln of the rest of Georgians :)))
Very, very beautiful country. So many mountains and rivers and different landscapes in a small area. Several lovely cities. Delicious food. Friendly people. And though I got pulled over constantly, feels like a total police state driving around there, the cops were always so damn nice I almost didn't mind. Only thing that I really didn't like was that many of the roads seemed like they were built in 1930 and hadn't seen an hour of maintenance work since then. Particularly some of the roads in Kutaisi, and one of the three (which I foolishly chose) going between Tbilisi and Yerevan - easily the worst highway I've ever driven on in my life.
you must accept Tiblisi phonetically you are way too restrictive your refusal to accept Batum is equally sad . love reading the pseudointellectual comedy here in the comment section
i've said this multiple times, and i'll say it multiple more. if you know the answer it's perfectly ethical to google the spelling. it's a knowledge quiz not a spelling one.
In all our quizzes, spelling is important, though we generally allow a few type-ins. Now you know the correct spelling, take the quiz again, know how to spell it, and bank the points!
Colchis co-existed along with Iberia for a few hundred years, but it was disestablished before the Roman Empire (27 BC), leaving Iberia within the region.
I always assumed that the two Georgias were named after (possibly different) Georges, but it seems I was wrong. The US Georgia was named after British King George II (1683-1760, reigned 1727-1760), who was actually German. The state then celebrated Independence from the hated Brits by renaming themselves... Georgia. The country of Georgia, on the other hand, might be named after various Persian, Greek or Syriac words with differing meanings (ie, no-one really knows) dating back to at least the early Middle Ages.