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Tetrikhevi (settlement in Tbilisi)

Coordinates: 41°42′14″N 44°55′39″E / 41.703919°N 44.927478°E / 41.703919; 44.927478
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This article is about the settlement named after the Tetri-Khevi river. For the adjacent settlement built for the hydroelectric power station, see Tetrikhevhesi (settlement in Tbilisi). For the power plant, see Tetrikhevi HPP.
Tetrikhevi
თეთრიხევის დასახლება
Settlement, suburb
Tetrikhevi Settlement
Georgian transcription(s)
 • Official romanizationTetrikhevi
 • Official romanization (formal)Tetrikhevis dasakhleba
 • IPApronounced [tʰɛtʰriχɛvi]
 • IPA (formal)pronounced [tʰɛtʰriχɛvis dasaxlɛba] ⓘ
A two-story building with a weathered facade and a prominent arched entrance, located at 3 Samgori II lane in the Tetrikhevi settlement of Tbilisi, Georgia. A noticeable scorch mark from a past fire is visible on the upper left side. The structure shows signs of residential use, including modern windows and an air conditioning unit.
Building at 3 Samgori II lane in Tetrikhevi, Tbilisi
Etymology: From the Tetrikhevi river, meaning "White Ravine" or "White Gorge."[1]
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Tetrikhevi is located in Georgia
Tetrikhevi
Tetrikhevi
Location of Tetrikhevi in Georgia
Coordinates: 41°42′14″N 44°55′39″E / 41.703919°N 44.927478°E / 41.703919; 44.927478[2]
Country Georgia
Capital cityTbilisi
DistrictSamgori District
Microdistrict (Uban)No 19 "Orkhevi, Airport"[3]
Founded1950[4]
Named afterTetrikhevi river
Area
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 • Total
0.62 km2 (0.24 sq mi)
Elevation
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564 m (1,850 ft)
DemonymTetrikhevian(s)
Time zoneUTC+04:00 (Georgia Time)
Postal code
0190[7]
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Tetrikhevi (Georgian: თეთრიხევი) is a settlement and suburb within the Samgori District of Tbilisi, Georgia.[8][9] Located in the eastern part of the city, north of the Orkhevi settlement on the Samgori Plain, it was founded in the early 1950s as a community for the builders and workers of the Samgori irrigation system and its associated hydroelectric power station.

Etymology

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The settlement's name originates from the eponymous Tetrikhevi river (9 km long).[1] In Georgian, Georgian: თეთრი ხევი translates to "White Ravine" or "White Gorge." According to a 1978 toponymic dictionary, the upper course of the river was known as Orkhevi.[10]

History

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Soviet period

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The settlement's founding was part of one of the largest projects of the post-war five-year plan in the Georgian SSR—the construction of the Samgori irrigation system. The project aimed to irrigate tens of thousands of hectares of arid land east of Tbilisi to create a new agricultural base. The reclaimed land was planned to host 7,500 hectares of fruit orchards, 5,000 hectares of vineyards, an equal area for melons and vegetable gardens, and 18,200 hectares for grain and cotton. As part of this project, a cascade of three hydroelectric power stations was planned, one of which was to be located near the village of Tetrikhevi.[11]

In 1950, builders from the Gruzgidrostroy trust arrived at a location described by the press as a "white spot" in the arid Samgori steppe and founded the settlement. The first residents included both construction workers and collective farmers from various regions of Georgia (Kaspi, Dmanisi, Gardabani), who learned new trades such as carpentry, concrete work, and metalworking, becoming Stakhanovites in the process.[4] Families began moving into the still-unfinished houses in 1951. With water supplied from the Samgori canal, residents planted their own gardens with cherries, plums, apples, and peaches, as well as vineyards and vegetable plots, transforming the arid land into what contemporaries called a "green oasis."[12]

In September 1952, the executive committee of the Tbilisi City Soviet of Working People's Deputies officially allocated land for the new settlements of Tetrikhevi and Vaziani.[13] The settlement was integrated into the city limits and, over the decades, was part of various districts of Tbilisi: Gareubani (1954),[14] Zavodskoy (1979),[15] and Samgori (since the late 1980s).[8][9]

Post-Soviet period

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During the 1990s and 2000s, the settlement faced infrastructure problems typical of the era. In 2001, the newspaper Svobodnaya Gruziya reported that residents of the neighboring Tetrikhevi HPP settlement had been without telephone service for five months due to cable theft. The article noted that the community had many elderly residents and large families, and transportation was difficult.[16]

In August 2016, a new minibus route, No. 107, was launched, improving transportation access for Tetrikhevi and connecting it to the city's transport hubs, including the "Isani" and "Samgori" metro stations.[17]

In April 2024, an incident in the settlement attracted media attention when several cows were electrocuted and died after a power line snapped during strong winds.[18]

Geography

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A map of the eastern part of Tbilisi. The Samgori District is outlined in a thick orange line. In the center of the district, a smaller area, the Tetrikhevi settlement, is also outlined in orange.
Tetrikhevi (highlighted) within the borders of Samgori District.

Tetrikhevi is located in the Samgori District of Tbilisi, on the Samgori Plain. The Tetrikhevi river flows through the settlement and empties into the Lower Samgori Canal near the Samgori settlement.[10] According to a 2019 report by the National Environmental Agency, the river is prone to mudflows (Georgian: ღვარცოფი), which poses a medium-level risk to nearby infrastructure.[19]

Infrastructure

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The primary industrial enterprise for the area is the Tetrikhevi HPP, one of the three hydroelectric power stations of the Samgori cascade, which was commissioned in 1952. The station was one of the first in Georgia to be privatized through direct sale in the early 1990s.[20]

The primary mode of public transport was the route taxi (marshrutka) No. 107, which connected the settlement to the Orkhevi, Isani, and Samgori areas via Chantladze and Mukhadze streets, Kakheti Highway, and Moscow Avenue.[17] However, the sole public transport route currently serving the settlement is bus No. 356.[21] This route starts at the Tetrikhevhesi Settlement, passes through Tetrikhevi along Chantladze Street, continues through the main roads of the Orkhevi Settlement, and terminates at the Isani metro station. In 2019, new comfortable Isuzu buses, equipped with air conditioning and adapted for people with disabilities, were introduced on this route (then numbered 56).[22]

Modern Enterprises

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  • Bedegi — a plant for the production of building materials, located at 6 Brother Slovinski Street.[23]

References

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  1. ^ a b Topuria, Tea (2020-02-25). "თბილისის 12 მივიწყებული მდინარე" [12 Forgotten Rivers of Tbilisi]. Radio Tavisupleba [Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty] (in Georgian). Archived from the original on 2025-05-22. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  2. ^ a b "MAPS.GOV.GE" (in Georgian). National Agency of Public Registry. Archived from the original on 2025-07-09. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  3. ^ "ქ. თბილისის მუნიციპალიტეტში დადგენილ ადმინისტრაციულ საზღვრებში არსებული ადმინისტრაციული ერთეულების - რაიონების ტერიტორიულ ერთეულებად – უბნებად დაყოფის შესახებ" [On the division of administrative units - districts into territorial units - ubans within the administrative boundaries established in the municipality of Tbilisi]. Legislative Herald of Georgia (in Georgian). Tbilisi City Municipality Assembly. 2014-12-09. Archived from the original on 2025-04-25. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  4. ^ a b Maevsky G. (13 April 1951). Tikhonov, F. K. (ed.). "Там, где было "белое пятно"" [Where There Was a "White Spot"]. Zarya Vostoka [Dawn of the East] (in Russian). No. 87 (8047). Tbilisi. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2025-07-10.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Archived from the original on 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  6. ^ "NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team". Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA.
  7. ^ "Postal Codes". Georgian Post. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  8. ^ a b Ioseliani, A. (5 December 1989). "ОРХЕВСКИЙ ИЗБИРАТЕЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ № 48" [ORKHEVSKY ELECTORAL DISTRICT NO. 48]. Zarya Vostoka [Dawn of the East] (in Russian). No. 278 (19531). Tbilisi. p. 4. Archived from the original on 2025-06-30.
  9. ^ a b Mukhraneli, Ia (6 September 1991). "ТБИЛИССКИЙ САМГОРСКИЙ ИЗБИРАТЕЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ 18" [TBILISI SAMGORI ELECTORAL DISTRICT 18]. Svobodnaya Gruziya [Free Georgia] (in Russian). No. 167. Tbilisi. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2025-07-10.
  10. ^ a b Zardalishvili, G. I. (1978). Prof. I. Sikharulidze (ed.). თბილისისა და მისი მიდამოების ტოპონიმია [Toponymy of Tbilisi and its Environs] (in Georgian). Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press. p. 34. Archived from the original on 2025-07-10.
  11. ^ Pavchinsky, N. V. (8 June 1948). "САМГОРИ-НАРОДНАЯ СТРОЙКА" [SAMGORI—A PEOPLE'S CONSTRUCTION PROJECT]. Zarya Vostoka [Dawn of the East] (in Russian). No. 114 (7265). Tbilisi. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-05-18.
  12. ^ Shatberashvili, Giorgi (1 May 1957). Pirtskhalava, G. (ed.). "სამგორისაკენ" [Towards Samgori]. Komunisti [Communist] (in Georgian). No. 103 (10800). Tbilisi. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2025-07-10.
  13. ^ Tikhonov, F. K., ed. (30 September 1952). "Новые поселки в Самгори" [New Settlements in Samgori]. Zarya Vostoka [Dawn of the East] (in Russian). No. 232 (8493). Tbilisi. p. 4. Archived from the original on 2025-07-10.
  14. ^ Chkhikvishvili, I., ed. (27 January 1954). "Избирательные участки Гареубанского района г. Тбилиси" [Polling Stations of the Gareubani District of Tbilisi]. Zarya Vostoka [Dawn of the East] (in Russian). No. 22 (8904). Tbilisi. p. 4. Archived from the original on 2025-07-10.
  15. ^ Cherkezishvili, N., ed. (9 December 1979). "Заводской Район" [Zavodskoy District]. Zarya Vostoka [Dawn of the East] (in Russian). No. 283–284 (16559–16560). Tbilisi. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2025-07-10.
  16. ^ Chanturia, Alexander (30 January 2001). Laskhishvili, T. (ed.). "ТЕЛЕФОННЫЙ «СЮРПРИЗ»" [A TELEPHONE "SURPRISE"]. Svobodnaya Gruziya [Free Georgia] (in Russian). No. 10 (22208). Tbilisi. p. 7. Archived from the original on 2025-07-10.
  17. ^ a b "გულიკო ზუმბაძის ინიციატივით, ორხევის დასახლებაში მიკროავტობუსის ახალი ხაზი გაიხსნა" [At the Initiative of Guliko Zumbadze, a New Minibus Line Was Opened in the Orkhevi Settlement]. Tbilisi City Assembly (Sakrebulo) Website (in Georgian). 2016-08-05. Archived from the original on 2025-07-10. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  18. ^ "თეთრი ხევის დასახლებაში ძროხები, სავარაუდოდ, დენის დარტყმით დაიხოცა" [Cows in Tetri Khevi Settlement Presumably Died from Electric Shock]. Radio Tavisupleba [Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty] (in Georgian). 2024-04-06. Archived from the original on 2025-06-13. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  19. ^ National Environmental Agency, Department of Geology (2019). ქ. თბილისის ტერიტორიის საინჟინრო-გეოდინამიკური პირობები და გეოლოგიური საფრთხეების შეფასება [Engineering-Geodynamic Conditions of the Territory of Tbilisi and Assessment of Geological Hazards] (in Georgian). Tbilisi. p. 210. ISBN 978-9941-8-1778-6. Archived from the original on 2025-07-10.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  20. ^ Tavadze, G., Kavtaradze, I., Chomakhidze, D., Menabde, D. (2006). Jibuti, M. (ed.). ენერგეტიკის რეგულირება : თეორია და პრაქტიკა [Energy Regulation: Theory and Practice] (in Georgian). Tbilisi. p. 193. ISBN 9940-65-82-3. Archived from the original on 2025-07-10. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ "356 Route: Schedules, Stops & Maps - ორხევი (Orkhevi)". Moovit. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  22. ^ Nadareishvili, Tamar (2019-10-22). "ორხევის მიმართულებით ხუთი ახალი ავტობუსი იმოძრავებს" [Five New Buses Will Operate on the Orkhevi Route]. 1TV (in Georgian). Georgian Public Broadcaster. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  23. ^ "დაგვიკავშირდით" [Contact Us]. Bedegi (in Georgian). Archived from the original on 2025-07-20. Retrieved 2025-07-20.
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