# Avetik Isaakiani Street
- URL: https://explore-georgia.ge/en/tbilisi/gldani/mukhiani/avetik-isaakiani-street
- Type: street
- City: Gldani
- Coordinates: 41.7779, 44.825

## Overview

**Avetik Isaakiani Street** (Georgian: ავეტიკ ისააკიანის ქუჩა) is a street in the north-east of Tbilisi, **between Temka (Zghvisubani) and Mukhiani**. According to OpenStreetMap (OSM), it is **about 1.5 km long**. OSM maps it as a secondary road, with four lanes along most of its length.

In the south the street starts at **Anapis 414-e Divizia Street**. In the north it ends at a roundabout where **Aleksi Gobronidze and Barbare Bairamashvili Streets** meet. The name matches that of the Armenian poet **Avetik Isahakyan** (the street name uses the Georgian form, Isaakiani). We could not find the official naming document.

## Location

According to OSM, the southern end of the street is at about 41.7717° N, 44.8221° E and the northern end at about 41.7820° N, 44.8278° E. The approximate midpoint is at 41.7779° N, 44.8250° E.

**Levan Rcheulishvili, Rezo Gabashvili, Davit Nishnianidze, Gia Romelashvili, Monadire, Mukhiani and Nushi Streets** join it, as does Avetik Isaakiani Dead End.

According to OSM address data, the street runs between two districts: its southern part is in Zghvisubani (Temka) in the **Nadzaladevi district**, and its northern part is in Mukhiani in the **Gldani district**. On this site the street is listed under Mukhiani.

Based on OSM coordinates, the nearest metro station, **Akhmeteli Theatre**, is about 1.4 km from the street, and Zghvisubani Park is about 0.7 km away (straight-line).

## The name: Avetik Isahakyan

The full name in the street name matches that of the Armenian poet. Georgian Wikipedia spells it ავეტიქ ისააკიანი, while the street name uses the form ავეტიკ. We could not find the naming decision, so the link is not officially confirmed.

According to Georgian Wikipedia, **Avetik Isahakyan** was born on 31 October 1875 (19 October Old Style) in the village of Ghazarapat near Alexandropol (today’s Gyumri) and died on 17 October 1957 in Yerevan. He became a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR in 1943.

Isahakyan also had ties to Tbilisi. After being expelled from the Etchmiadzin seminary, he came to Tbilisi and joined the circle of local Armenian writers, including Hovhannes Tumanyan and Ghazaros Aghayan. In 1892–1893 he published poems in the Tbilisi Armenian journal *Taraz*. His first collection, *Songs and Wounds*, came out in 1898.

His poem *Abu Lala Mahari* (1909) was translated into Georgian in 1929, 1963 and 1968. In the poem *The Bell of Liberty* (1905) he used Mount Kazbek (Mkinvartsveri) and Ararat (Masis) as symbols of friendship between the Georgian and Armenian peoples. In 1906 he published the story *Shakro Valishvili*. In 1936 he finally returned to Soviet Armenia.

## Temka (Zghvisubani)

According to Georgian Wikipedia, the **Zghvisubani settlement** (also called Temka; formerly Khevdzmari) is a neighbourhood in the Nadzaladevi district near the Tbilisi Sea reservoir. The name Temka comes from the abbreviated name of the Tbilisi electric locomotive plant built here in the Soviet period. Construction began in the 1960s, with planning in 1971 and 1988.

## Nearby places

- **Church of St King Mirian and Queen Nana** — about 0.05 km from the street.
- **Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God** — about 0.12 km.
- **St Nicholas Church** — about 0.12 km.
- **St George Church** — about 0.13 km.
- **Railway Transport College** — about 0.07 km.
- **Public School No. 159** — about 0.22 km.
- **Zghvisubani Park** — about 0.7 km.

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

## FAQ

**1) Where is Avetik Isaakiani Street?**
In the north-east of Tbilisi, between Temka (Zghvisubani) and Mukhiani. On this site it is listed under Mukhiani (Gldani district).

**2) How long is the street?**
About 1.5 km, according to OpenStreetMap.

**3) Which streets does it connect?**
Anapis 414-e Divizia Street in the south and, in the north, a roundabout where Aleksi Gobronidze and Barbare Bairamashvili Streets meet.

**4) Which districts does it pass through?**
According to OSM address data, the southern part is in Zghvisubani (Temka), Nadzaladevi district, and the northern part in Mukhiani, Gldani district.

**5) Who is the street named after?**
The name matches that of the Armenian poet Avetik Isahakyan (1875–1957). We could not find the official naming document.

**6) What was Isahakyan’s link with Tbilisi?**
According to Georgian Wikipedia, in the 1890s he moved in the circle of Armenian writers in Tbilisi, and in 1892–1893 he published poems in the Tbilisi Armenian journal Taraz.

**7) What is the nearest metro station?**
Akhmeteli Theatre, about 1.4 km from the street in a straight line.

**8) Which churches are near the street?**
According to OSM: the churches of St King Mirian and Queen Nana (about 0.05 km), the Nativity of the Mother of God (0.12 km), St Nicholas (0.12 km) and St George (0.13 km).

**9) Which schools are nearby?**
The Railway Transport College (about 0.07 km) and Public School No. 159 (0.22 km), in a straight line.

**10) Where does the name Temka come from?**
From the abbreviated name of the Tbilisi electric locomotive plant built here in the Soviet period.

## Sources

- [Avetik Isaakiani Street — OpenStreetMap (line, length, junctions; locations of churches, school and college)](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1377164828)
- [Avetik Isaakiani Street, northern section — OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/732555031)
- [Church of St King Mirian and Queen Nana — OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/170642729)
- [Avetik Isahakyan — Georgian Wikipedia](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/ავეტიქ_ისააკიანი)
- [Zghvisubani settlement (Temka) — Georgian Wikipedia](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/თემქა)
- [Mukhiani (Tbilisi) — Georgian Wikipedia](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/მუხიანი_(თბილისი))

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