Tsaishi Street

Overview

Tsaishi Street (Georgian: ცაიშის ქუჩა) is a street in the Chughureti district of Tbilisi, in Kukia (Zemo Chughureti). According to OpenStreetMap (OSM), it is about 950 m long. It starts in the west at Salkhino Street and runs east to the junction of Zaira Arsenishvili Street and Aleksandre Qancheli Street.

The street has two parts: the western section, about 305 m long, is mapped in OSM as a residential street, while the section running east from Atotsi Street, about 645 m long, is mapped as an asphalt tertiary road with a 50 km/h speed limit. Several bus stops are mapped along the street in OSM. The street’s name matches that of the village of Tsaishi in the Zugdidi municipality of Samegrelo.

Location

According to OSM, the western end of the street is at about 41.7189° N, 44.8176° E and the eastern end at about 41.7180° N, 44.8283° E; the midpoint is at about 41.7179° N, 44.8226° E. The street runs almost entirely from west to east.

From west to east, the street is joined by:

• Salkhino Street (western end);

• Lebarde Street;

• Askhi Street;

• Kakha Manizhashvili Street;

• Atotsi Street — where the eastern, tertiary section of the street begins;

• several unnamed residential streets and access roads;

• Zaira Arsenishvili Street and Aleksandre Qancheli Street (eastern end).

In OSM address data the street belongs to the Chughureti district, Zemo Chughureti, Kukia (in OSM this part of Kukia also carries the alternative name “New Kukia”), postcode 0102. The nearest metro station is Station Square, about 1.7 km away in a straight line; Marjanishvili station is about 2.0 km away.

Name

No official decision naming the street could be found in the Legislative Herald of Georgia (Matsne), so the date of naming and any former names are not confirmed. The street’s name matches that of the village of Tsaishi.

Tsaishi is a village and balneological (spa) resort in the Zugdidi municipality of the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, south-west of Zugdidi, on the Odishi lowland, on the banks of the Jumi river. The village has a railway station on the Senaki–Zugdidi line. According to the 2014 census, it had 1,526 inhabitants. Tsaishi is home to the Tsaishi Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God, the cathedral of the Eparchy of Zugdidi and Tsaishi. The Tsaishi bishopric is already mentioned in a list of sees compiled in the early 7th century; the present domed church was built at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, and its cylindrical dome was rebuilt in the 17th century after the earthquake of 1614.

Nearby places

• Public School No. 220 — about 450 m;

• National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases — about 650 m;

• St. Nino Church of Kukia — about 730 m;

• Public School No. 5 — about 950 m.

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

FAQ

1) Where is Tsaishi Street?
In the Chughureti district of Tbilisi, in Kukia (Zemo Chughureti), from Salkhino Street to the junction of Zaira Arsenishvili and Aleksandre Qancheli streets.

2) How long is the street?
About 950 m, according to OpenStreetMap.

3) Which streets does it cross or join?
Salkhino, Lebarde, Askhi, Kakha Manizhashvili, Atotsi, Zaira Arsenishvili and Aleksandre Qancheli streets.

4) What kind of road is it?
In OSM the western part (about 305 m) is a residential street; east of Atotsi Street (about 645 m) it is an asphalt tertiary road with a 50 km/h speed limit.

5) What is the nearest metro station?
Station Square, about 1.7 km in a straight line.

6) What is the street named after?
Its name matches that of the village of Tsaishi in Zugdidi municipality; no official naming document could be found.

7) Where is the village of Tsaishi?
In the Zugdidi municipality of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, south-west of Zugdidi, on the Odishi lowland, on the banks of the Jumi river.

8) What is Tsaishi known for?
Tsaishi is a spa resort and is home to the Tsaishi Cathedral of the Dormition (13th–14th centuries, with a 17th-century dome).

9) Is there a school nearby?
Public School No. 220 is about 450 m away in a straight line.

Sources

• Tsaishi Street (eastern section) — OpenStreetMap

• Tsaishi Street (western section; also 1484332045, 1484332046) — OpenStreetMap

• Kukia — OpenStreetMap

• Chughureti district — OpenStreetMap

• Station Square metro station — OpenStreetMap

• Public School No. 220 — OpenStreetMap

• St. Nino Church of Kukia — OpenStreetMap

• Decision approving the orthophoto and streets of the villages of Tsaishi and Tsatskhvi, Zugdidi municipality — Legislative Herald of Georgia (in Georgian)

• Tsaishi — Georgian Wikipedia

• Tsaishi Cathedral — Georgian Wikipedia

• Tsaishi — Russian Wikipedia