Mukhran Machavariani Street
OverviewMukhran Machavariani Street (Georgian: მუხრან მაჭავარიანის ქუჩა) is a street in the Saburtalo district of Tbilisi, in the west of the city. It is named after the poet Mukhran Machavariani (192...
אודות Mukhran Machavariani Street
Overview
Mukhran Machavariani Street (Georgian: მუხრან მაჭავარიანის ქუჩა) is a street in the Saburtalo district of Tbilisi, in the west of the city. It is named after the poet Mukhran Machavariani (1929–2010). In OpenStreetMap (OSM) the street name is linked to the poet’s Wikidata entry.
OSM has two separate sections with this name. One is a main road about 3 km long, running from the Vashlijvari area towards Lisi Lake. The other is a residential street about 1.1 km long in Dighomi village. The two are about 1.5 km apart in a straight line. Public documents do not make clear whether both are officially parts of one street.
Location
Main road. According to OSM, this road is about 3.0 km long. At its northern end it meets Vaso Godziashvili Street (about 41.7553° N, 44.7605° E). It runs south and then turns south-west. The south-western end is at about 41.7362° N, 44.7477° E, where the road continues without a name. The midpoint along its length is at about 41.7429° N, 44.7620° E. From north to south it connects with:
Vaso Godziashvili Street (northern end)
Arzakan (Dimitri) Emukhvari Street
Valentin Topuridze 2nd Lane
Marshal Gelovani Avenue — at a roundabout (about 41.745° N, 44.764° E)
Lisi Street
Ivane Gvaramidze Street (near the south-western end)
OSM address data place the northern and middle parts in the Dighomi–Vashlijvari neighbourhood and the south-western part in the Lisi area.
Residential section. According to OSM, this street is about 1.1 km (1,079 m) long and lies in the Dighomi village area. In the east it meets Irodion Surguladze Street (about 41.7686° N, 44.7550° E), and in the west Kviratskhoveli Street (about 41.7715° N, 44.7452° E). On the way it crosses a local Vazha-Pshavela Street (not Vazha-Pshavela Avenue) and Davit Aghmashenebli 2nd Lane. Mukhran Machavariani 1st, 2nd and 3rd Dead Ends branch off it.
Based on OSM coordinates, Delisi metro station is about 1.2 km in a straight line from the south-western end of the main road, and Didube about 1.7 km from its northern end. There is no metro close to the residential section: the nearest stations, Grmagele and Didube, are about 3 km away.
Nearby naming decisions
Two Tbilisi City Council decisions published in the Legislative Herald of Georgia use Machavariani Street as a landmark:
No. 15 of 29 January 2016 — unnamed streets next to Mukhran Machavariani Street in the Saburtalo district were named Lisi, Tuti (mulberry), Tiripebi (willows) and Mukhi (oak) streets.
No. 217 of 22 July 2016 — an unnamed square next to Mukhran Machavariani and Lisi streets was named after the singer Revaz Gelashvili.
We could not find out from public sources when the street was named after Mukhran Machavariani.
Mukhran Machavariani
According to Georgian Wikipedia, Mukhran Ivanes dze Machavariani was born on 12 April 1929 in the village of Argveti (now Sachkhere Municipality). In 1954 he graduated from the Faculty of Philology of Tbilisi State University.
His first book, Poems, came out in 1955. In 1958 he published the collections The Red Sun and the Green Grass and Silence Without You; the latter was translated into Russian by Yevgeny Yevtushenko.
He headed the poetry section of the magazine Tsiskari and was editor-in-chief of Pioneri, of Dila (1967–1982) and, from 1982, of the almanac Saunje.
From 1988 he was chairman of the Writers’ Union of Georgia.
He was elected to the Supreme Council in 1990 for the Round Table – Free Georgia bloc and signed the Act of Restoration of State Independence of Georgia (9 April 1991). In 1999–2004 he was a member of Parliament.
He translated poems by Pablo Neruda and the Finnish epic Kalevala (with other translators).
He was a Rustaveli Prize laureate and received the Order of the Badge of Honour (1966) and the Order of the Red Banner (1979).
Mukhran Machavariani died on 17 May 2010 in Tbilisi, while speaking at an evening event at the Rustaveli Theatre. The next day the Government of Georgia (decree No. 594 of 18 May 2010) set up a state funeral commission, and the state paid for the funeral. He is buried in the Mtatsminda Pantheon of writers and public figures.
Nearby places
Lisi Lake — about 1.4 km from the south-western end of the main road.
Kviratskhoveli church (კვირაცხოვლის ეკლესია) — about 0.25 km from the western end of the residential section.
Revaz Gelashvili Square — at Machavariani and Lisi streets (according to the 2016 decision).
Distances are straight-line, calculated from OSM coordinates.
FAQ
1) Where is Mukhran Machavariani Street?
In Tbilisi's Saburtalo district. OpenStreetMap has two separate sections with this name: a main road between Vashlijvari and the Lisi Lake area, and a short residential street in Dighomi village.
2) How long is the street?
According to OpenStreetMap, the main road is about 3.0 km and the residential section about 1.1 km.
3) Who is the street named after?
The Georgian poet Mukhran Machavariani (1929–2010). In OpenStreetMap the street name is linked to his Wikidata entry.
4) Who was Mukhran Machavariani?
A poet and Rustaveli Prize laureate, editor-in-chief of the magazine Dila (1967–1982) and chairman of the Writers’ Union of Georgia from 1988. He signed the Act of Restoration of Independence (1991).
5) Where is he buried?
In the Mtatsminda Pantheon of writers and public figures. The government set up a state funeral commission (decree No. 594 of 18 May 2010).
6) Which streets does the main road connect with?
According to OSM: Vaso Godziashvili, Arzakan (Dimitri) Emukhvari, Lisi and Ivane Gvaramidze streets, and Marshal Gelovani Avenue at a roundabout.
7) Which naming decisions mention the street?
In 2016 four streets next to it were named Lisi, Tuti, Tiripebi and Mukhi, and a square at Machavariani and Lisi streets was named after the singer Revaz Gelashvili.
8) What is the nearest metro station?
Delisi, about 1.2 km from the south-western end of the main road, and Didube, about 1.7 km from its northern end (straight-line).
9) What is nearby?
Lisi Lake, about 1.4 km from the south-western end of the main road. Near the residential section is the Kviratskhoveli church.
Sources
רחובות באותו אזור
Saburtalo — עוד 1 רחובות
שכונות סמוכות
טביליסי — אזורים שכנים