Tsandryphsh
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Gantiadi or Tsandryphsh (Georgie: განთიადი; Abkhaz: Цандрыҧшь; Roushie: Цандрипш), is an daba (urban-type settlement) locatit in the Gagra Destrict o Abkhazie, Georgie, a disputit region on the Black Sea coast, 5 km frae the Roushie border.
Tsandrypsh is said tae be the historical caipital o the principality o Saniga afore the 6t century AD. It later became the caipital o Sadzen.[1]
Tsandrypsh derives its current name frae the princely family Tsanba. In historical times, it wis kent as Sauchi (Roushie: Саучи). Then, till 1944 as Yermolov, efter the Roushie general Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov. Frae 1944 till 1991, Tsandrypsh wis kent as Gantiadi (Georgie: განთიადი, Roushie: Гантиади), frae the Georgie wird for Dawn. This latter name is still uised informally.[1]
- Offeecial wabsteid o Tsandrypsh Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
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