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Flag and arms of Akhaltsikhe - Images communicated by The State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia, 25 January 2011
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The town of Akhaltsikhe (46,134 inhabitants), lit. "New Castle", also known as Lomsia, is located in the Samtskhe-Javakheti Region (southwestern Georgia). The town is situated on the banks of river Potskhovi, which separates the town into the old part in the north and the new part in the south.
Jens Pattke, 31 July 2010
The flag and arms of Akhaltsikhe are prescribed by the Municipal Council (official date of adoption unknown).
The flag of Akhaltsikhe is white with a red sword placed horizontlly and pointing to the hoist, surrounded by two
red "Georgian" crosses patty; in the bottom of the flag is placed a green embattled horizontal stripe. The height of this stripe, crenellation included, is 1/5 of the flag's hoist.
The coat of arms is "Per fess embattled, 1. Argent a sword gules per fess pointing dexter surrounded by two crosses patty gules, 2. A wall vert masoned sable a lion couchant or. The shield surmounted by a three-towered mural crown argent fimbriated sable. Under the shield a scroll argent fimbriated sable charged with the name of the town in Georgian capital letters sable".
Source: The State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia (website).
The wall represents the fortress of Akhaltsikhe.
The fortress of Akhaltsikhe was besieged three times in the 19th
century during the Russian-Turkish wars. On 9 August 1828, the Russian
troops commanded by General Ivan Paskevich seized the fortress, which
resulted in the Turkish withdrawal from the town on 16 August. On 20
February 1829, 20,000 Turkish soldiers and mercenaries commanded by
General Ahmet-Bek besieged the fortress defended by 1,164 Russians
commanded by General Nikolai Muraviov; the Ottomans withdrew 12 days
later after having lost 4,000 men. The Treaty of Adrianople, signed on
14 September 1829, confirmed the Russian rule over the fortress. On 12
November 1853, in the beginning of the Crimean War, Ali Pasha,
commanding 18,000 men, attempted to seize the fortress, defended by
7,000 men commanded by Prince Andronikov. The Ottomans lost 3,000 men
and had to withdraw, which marked, for a while, the end of the Ottoman
aspirations in Caucasus.
Ivan Sache, 30 May 2012
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Flag of the Samtskhe-Javakheti State University - Image by Ivan Sache, 18 November 2020
The Samtskhe-Javakheti State University (website) was established by Resolution No. 3/272 issued on 4 April 2014 by the Government of Georgia, succeeding the Samtskhe-Javakheti State Teaching University, established by Resolution No. 416 issued on 3 0October 29012 as the merger of Akhaltsikhe State Teaching University and Akhalkalaki Higher Educational Institution - College.
Akhaltsikhe State Teaching University was originally established in 1990 as the Akhaltsikhe Branch of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.
The university is composed of four Faculties:
- Faculty of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Business Administration
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Engineering, Agrarian and Natural Sciences.
The flag of the Samtskhe-Javakheti State University (photo) is white with the university's emblem.
Ivan Sache, 18 November 2020