The study room of Georgian music, founded in 1935, was formed an independent unit Laboratory of Georgian Folk Music at the Music History Department in 1946.
The village of Avnevi is located in the Tighva Municipality. The village was one of the first targets for the Russian army and the Ossetian separatists during the Russian-Georgian War of 2008.
Zemo Achabeti is located in the Kurta Municipality. After the August War, Zemo Achabeti and Kvemo Achabeti practically turned into ruins. Zemo Achabeti was bombed and burnt down. According to eyewitnesses, after this the village was…