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The Armenians of Tbilisi: Silk, Culture, and a Lost World
Long before the Soviet era, the Georgian capital Tbilisi was a thriving center of Armenian culture, commerce, and political life. By the 19th century, Armenians made up a large part of the city's population, dominating trade along the Silk Road and building grand churches, schools, and printing presses. This episode explores the rise and fall of the Armenian community in Tbilisi — from the merchant princes of the 18th century to the cultural flourishing around figures like the poet Hovhannes Tumanyan, and the gradual erosion of that world under Tsarist Russification, Soviet policies, and…
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