# Saitnova Street
- URL: https://explore-georgia.ge/en/kutaisi/aghmashenebeli-settlement/saitnova-street
- Type: street
- District: Aghmashenebeli Settlement
- City: Kutaisi
- Coordinates: 42.2603, 42.6794

## Overview

**Saitnova Street** (Georgian: საითნოვას ქუჩა; also rendered Sayat-Nova Street) is a street in **Kutaisi**. According to OpenStreetMap (OSM), it is **about 330 m** long. It runs from south to north, from the junction of **Tavisupleba and Mamia Gurieli Streets** to **David Aghmashenebeli Avenue**.

"Saitnova" is a form of the name of the 18th-century Tbilisi poet and ashugh **Sayat-Nova** (1712–1795).

## Location

The southern end of the street is at the junction of Tavisupleba and Mamia Gurieli Streets (about 42.2588° N, 42.6791° E) and the northern end on David Aghmashenebeli Avenue (about 42.2617° N, 42.6795° E). The midpoint is at about 42.2603° N, 42.6794° E. In OSM address data the surrounding area is named Dzelkviani.

From south to north, **Valerian Imedadze Street** (at about 110 m) and **Tavisupleba 4th Dead End** (at about 180 m) join it; the street meets **David Aghmashenebeli Avenue** at about 330 m. Several unnamed service roads also join it.

OSM maps it as a **two-way**, paved **residential street**. David Aghmashenebeli Avenue is mapped in OSM as a secondary road.

## Name

The street has been entered in OSM as "საითნოვას ქუჩა" since 2011. "Saitnova" is a form of the name of the poet **Sayat-Nova**; we could not find the naming decision for the street or its earlier name in a reliable source.

## Sayat-Nova

According to Georgian Wikipedia and Encyclopaedia Britannica:

- **Sayat-Nova** (real name Harutyun Sayatyan) was born in Tbilisi in 1712; he was an ethnic Armenian poet, ashugh and singer.
- He was court singer and musician of King **Erekle II**, and played the kamancha and the chonguri.
- He wrote songs in Georgian, Armenian and Azerbaijani; about 200 surviving songs are attributed to him. His Georgian poems were published by Ioseb Grishashvili in 1918.
- He later became a monk at Haghpat monastery and died in 1795 during the invasion of Agha Mohammad Khan. According to Georgian Wikipedia, he is buried at the Surb Gevorg (St George) church in Tbilisi.

## Near the street

- **Kikvidze Park** — about 340 m.
- **Public School No. 10** (50 Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue) — about 440 m.

Distances are straight-line, calculated from OSM coordinates from the nearest point of the street.

## FAQ

**1) Where is Saitnova Street?**
In Kutaisi, between David Aghmashenebeli Avenue and Tavisupleba Street.

**2) How long is the street?**
About 330 m, according to OpenStreetMap.

**3) Which streets does it connect?**
David Aghmashenebeli Avenue in the north and the junction of Tavisupleba and Mamia Gurieli Streets in the south.

**4) Which streets join it along the way?**
Valerian Imedadze Street (about 110 m from the southern end) and Tavisupleba 4th Dead End (at about 180 m).

**5) Who is the street named after?**
"Saitnova" is a form of the name of the 18th-century poet and ashugh Sayat-Nova (1712–1795); we did not find the naming decision for the street.

**6) Who was Sayat-Nova?**
A Tbilisi-born ethnic Armenian poet, ashugh and singer, court singer of King Erekle II, who wrote in Georgian, Armenian and Azerbaijani.

**7) Is the street two-way?**
OSM maps it as a two-way residential street with a paved surface.

**8) What is near the street?**
Kikvidze Park (about 340 m) and Public School No. 10 (about 440 m), both straight-line distances.

**9) What are the street's coordinates?**
The midpoint of the street is at about 42.2603° N, 42.6794° E.

## Sources

- [Saitnova (Sayat-Nova) Street — OpenStreetMap (length, nodes, tags)](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/100743115)
- [David Aghmashenebeli Avenue — OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/100743341)
- [Tavisupleba Street — OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/100742077)
- [Mamia Gurieli Street — OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/100744997)
- [Valerian Imedadze Street — OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/100743149)
- [Tavisupleba 4th Dead End — OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/100743799)
- [Public School No. 10 — OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1184493364)
- [Kikvidze Park — OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/100750079)
- [Sayat-Nova — Georgian Wikipedia](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/საიათნოვა)
- [Sayat-Nova — Encyclopaedia Britannica](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sayat-Nova)

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## This page in other languages

- [Georgian](https://explore-georgia.ge/ka/kutaisi/aghmashenebeli-settlement/saitnova-street)
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