Sagarejo’s 2nd public school
From the history of our city Sagarejo
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Kakheti and our small town Sagarejo have a rather complicated historical past. If we look at the historical sources, the northern part of present-day outer Kakheti, the left side of the Iori River, was called Kukheta in ancient times, from the early Middle Ages, and the southern part, the right side of the Iori, was called Gareja, or Ivri. In historical sources it is known as Kukheti.
The name of our city comes from ancient times, Sagarejo or "Tval-Sagarejo", "Tuali", which was named because of its location, picturesque nature and natural springs.
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The villages inhabited here in Gareji have been invaded many times by the enemy and they have uprooted it from the face of the earth. The territory of Sagarejo is known for its 502-year Ujarma War, the Mongol invasion in 1263-65, the fifth expedition of Temur-Leng in 1399, the crushing invasions of Shah Abbas's troops in 1614-16. The last major war on the territory of Sagarejo took place on November 7, 1800, when a Russian-Georgian army destroyed Omar Khan's 20,000-strong cavalry.
During the invasion of 1616, Kakheti lost two thirds of its population. Up to 150,000 captives were taken by the invaders and deported to the inner provinces of Iran in Fereydun and Mizandara. Of their descendants, only the people of Fereidan preserved the Georgian language.
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The whole of Gare-Kakheti was settled by the Persians with the Turkmen-Tatars, who pursued only nomadic cattle. They lived on this land on both sides of the Iori River and in the Gareji fields, but Bidzina Cholokashvili, the governor of Sagarejo-Gare-Kakheti, with the help of Shalva and Elizbar of the Ksani nobility, organized a fierce uprising in Kakheti in 1659.
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During the reign of Erekle II, many things were built in Sagarejo. The king appointed representatives of the feudal family as the guardians of Sagarejo.
It turns out that many famous people visited our city, the first such case was recorded in the 18th century, it was the famous French traveler Guildestend, here is what he writes about Sagarejo: With a large amount of iori extracted from canal water. We also learn from his records that the Sagarejo fence was fenced and about 500 indigenous families lived outside the fence.
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In the city of Sagarejo, the so-called Located in the "Armenian Quarter", a fairly large castle fence, it is not so ruined that it is impossible to fully imagine its appearance. The area of the castle was occupied by the population until the nineteenth century, and its stone was used for construction.
There is no information about the castle in the documentary historical sources, except for the stone with the inscription on the arch of the castle gate, which Nikoloz Afriamov used to build his house.
In 1886, the newspaper Iveria published an article by Alexander Tskhvedadze, a primary school teacher in Sagarejo, in which he wrote: This castle has piers in every corner, piers as well.
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Alexander Tskhvedadze also managed to read the inscription on the stone
"This fortress is me" ... then the word is deleted and it is written that you are inside, order forgiveness, Sargis ... Koronikon Umv ... "This Koronikon must be of the 4th turn, which means that the castle must have been built in 1758.
A long time has passed since this description, almost all the inscriptions have been erased, some of the wall and a fragment of the tower have been destroyed, as for the inscribed stone it has disappeared without a trace.
The plan of the castle-fence is close to the square and its area should have been one hectare, the castle was also a church with a fence, but its traces have been erased.
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Perhaps it would be logical if after this news you are offered another famous person, namely the trip of the Russian Emperor Alexander III to Kakheti.
In 1889, the Russian Emperor Alexander III traveled to Kakheti, accompanied by A. Amala. Dondukov-Korskov and Gulbaat Chavchavadze, Marshal of the Aznavours of Kakheti.
It is known that the emperor met with Zurab Makantalashvili, the father of Sagarejo, near the village of Sartichala.
The peasant reform that took place in the 60s of the XIX century brought a kind of novelty and revival to Sagarejo. Feudal rule of land use was abolished in Sagarejo and nearby villages. The monastic estates in Sagarejo were confiscated from the monasteries and handed over to the treasury. Large parts of these lands were bought by wealthy local peasants, siraj merchants from Tbilisi and others.
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Until 1917, the territory of the present-day Sagarejo district was part of the Tbilisi Mazra of the Tbilisi Province. In the first year of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, a local municipal center was established in the village of Sagarejo, where the governance of the communities of Sagarejo Giorgitsminda and Ninotsminda was united and at the same time the headquarters of the militia and the People's Guard and Sagarejo local.
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The aesthetic of Sagarejo
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Thank you for Attention !
Used sources :
1.Vaxushti Bagrationi ,,describe of kingdom of Georgia” .1941
2. Travel of Guldenshtend in Geo.1962
3.T Jordania ,chronicles, 1897.
4.Gareji historical site, newspaper Iveria,1886.
5 .,,Ivris gantiadi” ,1981
Photos by:malkhaz phanozishvili
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