# Aleksandre Vacheishvili Street
- URL: https://explore-georgia.ge/en/tbilisi/saburtalo/sopeli-dighomi/a-vacheishvili-street
- Type: street
- District: Saburtalo
- City: Tbilisi
- Coordinates: 41.7708, 44.7223

## Overview

**Aleksandre Vacheishvili Street** (Georgian: ალექსანდრე ვაჩეიშვილის ქუჩა; short form A. Vacheishvili Street) is a street in Tbilisi, in the **Saburtalo district**, in **Dighomi village**. According to OpenStreetMap (OSM), it is **about 410 m** long. It runs from west to east, from **Kavta Street** to **Davit Sarajishvili Street**.

It is a short residential street (mapped in OSM as a residential-class road) near the Dighmis Tskali river. Aleksandre Vacheishvili 1st Dead End lies next to it.

## Location

According to OSM, the western end of the street is on Kavta Street (about 41.7715° N, 44.7201° E), and the eastern end on Davit Sarajishvili Street (about 41.7713° N, 44.7244° E). The midpoint of the street is at about 41.7708° N, 44.7223° E. The postcode (according to OSM/Nominatim) is 0159.

About 210 m from the western end, **Tevdore Tironi Street** crosses the street. Near the western part of the street, to the south, lies **Aleksandre Vacheishvili 1st Dead End** (about 140 m).

The **Dighmis Tskali** river flows about 100 m south of the street (straight-line, from the nearest point of the street).

There is no metro station near the street: the nearest station, **Vazha-Pshavela**, is about 5.2 km away in a straight line.

## Name

The street bears the name of Aleksandre Vacheishvili. According to the OSM edit history, the street was added to the map in 2020 as “A. Vacheishvili Street” and has been mapped under the full name “Aleksandre Vacheishvili Street” since 2024.

No act assigning the name to this street was found in the Legislative Herald of Georgia (matsne.gov.ge), so there is no official source confirming which Aleksandre Vacheishvili the street honours. According to the Georgian Encyclopedia, two notable people bear this name:

- **Aleksandre Konstantines dze Vacheishvili** (1886–1964) — a Georgian jurist and scholar of the theory and history of law, professor, Honoured Scientist of Georgia (1946). Born in Kutaisi, he graduated from the law faculty of Odessa University in 1912; from 1922, at the invitation of Ivane Javakhishvili, he worked at Tbilisi State University, where he headed the criminal law department. He wrote the three-volume *Studies in the History of Georgian Law*. He is buried in the Didube Pantheon.
- **Aleksandre (Sandro) Vacheishvili** (1960–1992) — a painter and graphic artist, a graduate of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (1984). He volunteered in the conflicts in Samachablo and Abkhazia and was killed in August 1992 at Gantiadi near Gagra; he was posthumously awarded the medal “For Military Valour” (1995).

## Near the street

- **Dighmis Tskali river** — about 100 m to the south.
- **Vazha-Pshavela metro station** — about 5.2 km.

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

## FAQ

**1) Where is Aleksandre Vacheishvili Street?**
In Tbilisi, in the Saburtalo district, in Dighomi village, between Kavta Street and Davit Sarajishvili Street.

**2) How long is the street?**
About 410 m, according to OpenStreetMap.

**3) Which streets does it connect with?**
Kavta Street (west), Tevdore Tironi Street (crossing in the middle part) and Davit Sarajishvili Street (east).

**4) Does the street have a dead end?**
Yes: Aleksandre Vacheishvili 1st Dead End (about 140 m), near the western part of the street.

**5) Who is the street named after?**
Aleksandre Vacheishvili; the official naming act was not found, so it is not confirmed whether it refers to the jurist Aleksandre Vacheishvili (1886–1964) or the painter Sandro Vacheishvili (1960–1992).

**6) Who was the jurist Aleksandre Vacheishvili?**
A Georgian jurist and professor (1886–1964) who headed the criminal law department of Tbilisi State University and studied the history of Georgian law.

**7) What is the nearest metro station?**
Vazha-Pshavela, about 5.2 km in a straight line; there is no metro near the street.

**8) Which river is near the street?**
The Dighmis Tskali, about 100 m to the south in a straight line.

**9) What is the street's postcode?**
0159, according to OSM/Nominatim data.

## Sources

- [Aleksandre Vacheishvili Street — OpenStreetMap (length, junctions, edit history)](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/784756843)
- [Aleksandre Vacheishvili 1st Dead End — OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1179681990)
- [Dighomi village — OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/19149661)
- [Dighmis Tskali river — OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/56401702)
- [Vazha-Pshavela metro station — OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/729562896)
- [Aleksandre Vacheishvili — Georgian Wikipedia](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/ალექსანდრე_ვაჩეიშვილი)
- [Aleksandre Vacheishvili (1886–1964) — Georgian Encyclopedia (in Georgian)](https://georgianencyclopedia.ge/ka/pdf-export/9209)
- [Aleksandre (Sandro) Vacheishvili (1960–1992) — Georgian Encyclopedia (in Georgian)](https://georgianencyclopedia.ge/ka/pdf-export/9210)
- [Vacheishvili (disambiguation) — Georgian Wikipedia](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/ვაჩეიშვილი)

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