odesRac, princi konstantine oldenburgi quTaisSi dasaxlda da Tu ratom, aravin uwyoda. aSenebda sastumroebsa da skolebs. cxovrobda gagraSic. dauaxlovda qarTul sazogadoebas. maT Soris, giorgi SarvaSiZes. colad, didi siyvaruliT, moiyvana agrafina jafariZe, romelic ulamazes da wignier qalbatonad iTvleboda... magram vinaidan agrafina warCinebuli gvaris warmomadgeneli ar gaxldaT, princma sakuTari titulis tarebis ufleba dakarga... man tituls siyvaruli arCia... gagraSi rom cnobili sastumroa, `gagrifSi~, princ oldenburgis aSenebulia... princi oldenburgi Semdgom ara princis, aramed grafis tituls atarebda - graf zarnikau... graf konstantine oldenburgs, dadianebis gansakuTrebulad axlo megobars, gadawyvetili hqonda daearsebina e.w. `kavkasiuri riviera~. quTaisSi pirvelma gaiyvana rkinigzis xazi, SeakeTa foTis porti, daaarsa realuri saswavlebeli... rogorc amboben, agrafina jafariZisadmi siyvaruli misTvis didi stimuli iyo... TbilisSi, dRevandeli xelovnebis sasaxlec, maTma siyvarulma `dabada~... WHEN DUKE CONSTANTINE OF OLDENBURG DECIDED TO SETTLE IN KUTAISI, NOBODY REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHY. HE WAS CONSTRUCTING HOTELS AND SCHOOLS THERE, AND HAD ALSO LIVED IN GAGRA, WHERE HE CONSTRUCTED THE FAMOUS HOTEL “GAGRIPSH”. HE GOT CLOSE TO GEORGIAN HIGH SOCIETY, INCLUDING GIORGI SHARVASHIDZE, AND MARRIED AGRAPHINA JAPARIDZE, WITH WHOM HE WAS MADLY IN LOVE, AND WHO WAS KNOWN TO BE A RAVISHING AND WELL-READ WOMAN… BUT BECAUSE AGRAPHINA WAS NOT FROM A NOBLE FAMILY, THE DUKE LOST HIS TITLE – HE CHOSE LOVE OVER IT… AFTERWARDS, DUKE OLDENBURG NO LONGER CARRIED HIS PRINCELY TITLE, BUT THE TITLE OF A COUNT – COUNT VON ZARNEKAU… DUKE CONSTANTINE OLDENBURG WAS A VERY CLOSE FRIEND OF THE DADIANI FAMILY AND THOUGHT ABOUT CREATING A SO-CALLED “CAUCASIAN RIVIERA” IN WESTERN GEORGIA. HE SETTLED IN KUTAISI, WHERE HE SET UP THE CITY’S FIRST RAILWAY AND FOUNDED THE CITY’S MIDDLE SCHOOL; HE ALSO REFURBISHED THE PORT OF POTI… AS THEY SAY, HIS LOVE FOR AGRAPHINA JAPARIDZE WAS A GREAT MOTIVATION FOR HIM… TBILISI’S ART PALACE WAS ALSO “BORN” FROM THIS LOVE…
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