Mukhrani Street

Overview

Mukhrani Street (Georgian: მუხრანის ქუჩა) is a street in the north of Tbilisi, in the Sanzona neighbourhood of the Nadzaladevi district. According to OpenStreetMap (OSM), it is about 1.28 km long. It links Chargali Street with Utsnob Gmirta (Unknown Heroes) Street.

OSM maps the street as a tertiary road. Its south-eastern section is paved with setts (stone blocks), the rest with asphalt. We could not find the official naming document.

Location

According to OSM, the north-western end of the street is at Chargali Street (about 41.7643° N, 44.7939° E), and the south-eastern end at Utsnob Gmirta Street (about 41.7583° N, 44.8062° E). The approximate midpoint is at 41.7612° N, 44.8012° E.

Abesalom Vekua, Khornabuji, Tianeti, Tibaani, Davit Garejeli, Mikhail Glinka, Nagomari and Ratevani Streets join it, as do Mukhrani 1st, 2nd and 3rd Lanes and Mukhrani Dead End.

OSM address data places the street in Sanzona (Nadzaladevi district), with its north-western part in the Ghrmaghele area. Based on OSM coordinates, the nearest metro station, Ghrmaghele, is about 0.34 km from the nearest point of the street and about 1 km from its midpoint (straight-line). According to Georgian Wikipedia, Ghrmaghele is a Line 1 station between Guramishvili and Didube; it opened on 28 November 1985.

The name

We could not find the naming document, so the reason for the name is not documented. The name matches Mukhrani — according to Georgian Wikipedia, a village in Mtskheta Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region. The village lies on the Mukhrani plain, on the left bank of the Ksani River, at 550 m above sea level. Its name comes from the word mukha (oak). Mukhrani is one of the old villages of Kartli; after the Mukhrani princedom was founded, it became a place of scholarly and educational activity.

According to OSM, most neighbouring streets are also named after places in Georgia — Tianeti, Tibaani, Chargali, Khornabuji, Nagomari and Ratevani.

The name Mukhrani Street was once used for another street in Tbilisi. According to Georgian Wikipedia, in old Tbilisi, in the quarter of the Mukhranbatoni princes, today’s Nikoloz Baratashvili Street was called Mukhrani Street from 1843 to 1945. The Mukhrani Street in Sanzona is a different street.

Sanzona

According to Georgian Wikipedia, Sanzona is a neighbourhood on the left bank of the Mtkvari, between Nadzaladevi and Temka. The name “San-zona” means “sanitary zone”: before large-scale settlement, two large reservoirs of the city water supply stood here, fed with water from Natakhtari. The settlement appeared in the Ghrmaghele ravine in the 1920s. The reservoirs were closed in the 1950s–60s, and apartment blocks began to be built here in the 1960s.

Nearby places

• St Nicholas Church — about 0.06 km from the street.

• Public School No. 207 — about 0.11 km.

• Church of St Mary of Egypt — about 0.13 km.

• Public School No. 32 named after Besarion Kiviladze and Aleksandre Tandashvili — about 0.15 km.

• Ghrmaghele metro station — about 0.34 km.

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

FAQ

1) Where is Mukhrani Street?
In Tbilisi, in the Nadzaladevi district, in the Sanzona neighbourhood; its north-western part is in the Ghrmaghele area.

2) How long is the street?
About 1.28 km, according to OpenStreetMap.

3) Which streets does it connect?
Chargali Street in the north-west and Utsnob Gmirta (Unknown Heroes) Street in the south-east.

4) Which streets join it?
According to OSM: Abesalom Vekua, Khornabuji, Tianeti, Tibaani, Davit Garejeli, Mikhail Glinka, Nagomari and Ratevani Streets, Mukhrani 1st–3rd Lanes and Mukhrani Dead End.

5) Why is the street called Mukhrani?
We could not find the naming document. Mukhrani is a village in Mtskheta Municipality on the Mukhrani plain; according to Georgian Wikipedia, its name comes from the word mukha (oak).

6) Is this the old Mukhrani Street of historic Tbilisi?
No. In old Tbilisi, today’s Nikoloz Baratashvili Street was called Mukhrani Street from 1843 to 1945. The Mukhrani Street in Sanzona is a different street.

7) What is the nearest metro station?
Ghrmaghele, about 0.34 km in a straight line from the nearest point of the street.

8) Which schools are near the street?
According to OSM: Public School No. 207 (about 0.11 km) and Public School No. 32 named after Besarion Kiviladze and Aleksandre Tandashvili (0.15 km).

9) Which churches are nearby?
St Nicholas Church (about 0.06 km) and the Church of St Mary of Egypt (0.13 km), in a straight line.

10) What does Sanzona mean?
“Sanitary zone”. According to Georgian Wikipedia, two large reservoirs of the city water supply were located here.

Sources

• Mukhrani Street, north-western section — OpenStreetMap (line, length, junctions; locations of schools, churches and metro station)

• Mukhrani Street, south-eastern section — OpenStreetMap

• St Nicholas Church — OpenStreetMap

• Sanzona — Georgian Wikipedia

• Mukhrani (Mtskheta Municipality) — Georgian Wikipedia

• Nikoloz Baratashvili Street — Georgian Wikipedia

• Ghrmaghele (Tbilisi Metro) — Georgian Wikipedia