Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue | |
Map Size: | 280 |
Former Names: | Nikolai Marr Street |
Part Of: | Vake, Vake District, Tbilisi |
Namesake: | Ilia Chavchavadze |
Length Km: | 2.5 |
Width: | 40 mi |
Construction Start Date: | 1930s |
Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue (Georgian: ილია ჭავჭავაძის გამზირი) is one of the main avenues of Tbilisi and is named after the writer Ilia Chavchavadze. The avenue is located on the right bank of the Kura River in the Vake district of Tbilisi and is a continuation of Melikishvili and Rustaveli Avenue. It was originally, from 1935 to 1957 named Niko Marr Street after the orientalist Nicholas Marr.[1]