# Shermadini Street
- URL: https://explore-georgia.ge/en/tbilisi/saburtalo/didi-dighomi/shermadini-street
- Type: street
- City: Saburtalo
- Coordinates: 41.7797, 44.7444

## Overview

**Shermadini Street** (Georgian: შერმადინის ქუჩა) is a residential street in the **Saburtalo district** of Tbilisi, in Didi Dighomi in the north-west of the city. According to OpenStreetMap (OSM), it runs from west to east, from **Max Tilke Street** to **Rostevani Street**, and is **about 3.3 km long**.

The street bears the name of a character from Shota Rustaveli’s poem *The Knight in the Panther’s Skin* (Vepkhistkaosani): **Shermadin**, the loyal servant of the knight Avtandil. It belongs to a group of streets named after the poem’s characters; Nestan-Darejani, Tarieli, Avtandili, Tinatini and Rostevani Streets all cross or meet it.

## Location

According to OSM, the street consists of four sections with a total length of 3,303 m. The western end is at Max Tilke Street (about 41.7823° N, 44.7251° E). The eastern end is at Rostevani Street (about 41.7792° N, 44.7644° E). The street is almost straight; its ends are about 3.3 km apart in a straight line. The midpoint is at about 41.7797° N, 44.7444° E, near Niko Buri Street. The street's postcode is 0159 (OSM).

From west to east, the street crosses or meets:

- **Max Tilke Street** (western end)
- Oskar Shmerling Street
- Timote Beloi Street
- Ian Homer Street
- Rafiel Danibegashvili Street
- Niko Buri Street
- Nestan-Darejani Street
- Tarieli Street
- Avtandili Street
- Tinatini Street
- **Rostevani Street** (eastern end)

In OSM, the whole street is mapped as a residential street. The western section of about 0.4 km (to Oskar Shmerling Street) and the eastern section of about 1.1 km (to Rostevani Street) are asphalt. A section of about 0.57 km east of Niko Buri Street is mapped as a dirt road. For the 1.3 km section between Oskar Shmerling and Niko Buri Streets, OSM gives no surface information.

Christian Steven Street runs roughly parallel to the street about 0.5–0.6 km to the north. In the eastern part, Tsameti Asureli Mama (Thirteen Assyrian Fathers) Street runs parallel about 0.2 km to the south.

## Transport

There is no metro station near the street. Based on OSM coordinates, the nearest stations, **Guramishvili** and **Ghrmaghele**, are each about 2.6 km in a straight line from the eastern end of the street.

## The name: Shermadin

In an article published on 27 February 2020, Tbilisi Post wrote that naming the unnamed streets of the new Didi Dighomi settlement after characters from *The Knight in the Panther’s Skin* caused much discussion at the time. Shermadini Street is on the list of such streets given in the article, together with Rostevani, Tinatini, Avtandili, Tarieli, Nestan-Darejani, Asmati, Davari and others. We could not find the official naming decision or its date in the Legislative Herald of Georgia.

In the list of the poem’s characters, Georgian Wikipedia describes Shermadin as **Avtandil’s loyal servant**. According to Russian Wikipedia, Shermadin is the servant of Avtandil who managed his master’s estate while he was away. Avtandil is the commander of the army of Arabia and the beloved of Tinatin, daughter of King Rostevan.

Russian Wikipedia also notes that the names of the poem’s main characters — among them Nestan-Darejan, Tinatin, Asmat, Tariel, Avtandil, Fridon and Shermadin — became common and popular names in Georgia.

## Nearby places

- **Anbani Park** and the **Church of the Thirteen Assyrian Fathers** on Mirian Mepe Street — each about 1.0 km to the north-east of the street.

Distances are calculated from OSM coordinates, in a straight line.

## FAQ

**1) Where is Shermadini Street?**
In Didi Dighomi, in the Saburtalo district of Tbilisi. It runs from Max Tilke Street in the west to Rostevani Street in the east.

**2) How long is the street?**
About 3.3 km according to OpenStreetMap (four sections, 3,303 m in total).

**3) Who is the street named after?**
After Shermadin, a character of The Knight in the Panther’s Skin — the loyal servant of the knight Avtandil. A 2020 Tbilisi Post article lists Shermadini Street among the streets named after the poem’s characters.

**4) What is Shermadin’s role in the poem?**
According to Georgian Wikipedia, he is Avtandil’s loyal servant. Russian Wikipedia adds that he managed Avtandil’s estate while his master was away.

**5) When was the street named?**
We could not find the official naming decision, so the date is unknown.

**6) Which streets does it cross?**
From west to east: Max Tilke, Oskar Shmerling, Timote Beloi, Ian Homer, Rafiel Danibegashvili, Niko Buri, Nestan-Darejani, Tarieli, Avtandili and Tinatini Streets; it ends at Rostevani Street.

**7) Is the whole street paved?**
No. According to OpenStreetMap, the western section of about 0.4 km and the eastern section of about 1.1 km are asphalt, and a section of about 0.57 km east of Niko Buri Street is a dirt road.

**8) Which streets run parallel to it?**
Christian Steven Street, about 0.5–0.6 km to the north, and, in the eastern part, Tsameti Asureli Mama Street, about 0.2 km to the south.

**9) What is the nearest metro station?**
There is no metro nearby. Guramishvili and Ghrmaghele stations are each about 2.6 km in a straight line from the eastern end of the street.

## Sources

- [Shermadini Street (western-central section) — OpenStreetMap (4 sections in total, incl. 792009286, 792005585)](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/309698467)
- [Shermadini Street (eastern section) — OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/807640189)
- [Stories of Tbilisi streets (27 Feb 2020, in Georgian) — Tbilisi Post](https://tbilisipost.ge/news/kosmonavtebis-sanapiroze-gamomtsyvdeuli-tbilisuri-quchebis-ambebi/428)
- [The Knight in the Panther’s Skin (Vepkhistkaosani) — Georgian Wikipedia](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/ვეფხისტყაოსანი)
- [The Knight in the Panther’s Skin — Russian Wikipedia](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Витязь_в_тигровой_шкуре)

## This page in other languages

- [Georgian](https://explore-georgia.ge/ka/tbilisi/saburtalo/didi-dighomi/shermadini-street)
- [Russian](https://explore-georgia.ge/ru/tbilisi/saburtalo/didi-dighomi/shermadini-street)