Tbilisi

People who shaped the city

Residents, visitors and the occasional passing genius — each with the addresses where their story is still standing.

Visual art

Alexander Bazhbeuk-Melikov
- Former Argonauts' Boat Café
Benedikt Tellingater
- Seylanov Brothers' House
Diana Ukleba
- Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
Elene Akhvlediani
- Didube Pantheon
- Elene Akhvlediani House Museum
- Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
Gigo Gabashvili
- Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
Henryk Hryniewski
- Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
Kirill Zdanevich
- Didube Pantheon
- Former Argonauts' Boat Café
- Site of the Fantastic Tavern
Lado Gudiashvili
- Former Argonauts' Boat Café
- Lado Gudiashvili Exhibition Hall
- Mtatsminda Pantheon
Nia Gvatua
- Success Bar

Politics

Vladimir Lenin
- Freedom Square
Alexander Nevsky
- Alexander Nevsky Church, Tbilisi
Fatia Galdava
- Pushkin Garden
Kamo
- Kote Abkhazi Street and the Old Middle Bazaar
Kato Svanidze
- Kukia Cemetery
- Svanidze Family House and Atelier Hervieu
Lado Ketskhoveli
- Former Tiflis Main Railway Workshops
- Orbeliani Square
Lavrentiy Beria
- Freedom Square
Maro Bochoridze
- Kote Abkhazi Street and the Old Middle Bazaar

Literature

Alexander Pushkin
- Chreli Abano
Alexandre Dumas
- Abanotubani
Galaktion Tabidze
- Galaktion Tabidze Memorial House Museum
- Mtatsminda Pantheon
Ilia Zdanevich
- Site of the Fantastic Tavern
Knut Hamsun
- Former Hotel London
Mikheil Javakhishvili
- Mikheil Javakhishvili Memorial House Museum
Shio Aragvispireli
- Didube Pantheon
- Shio Aragvispireli House Museum

Music

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Former Hotel London
- Smirnov House Museum
Giorgi Kikonishvili
- Bassiani
Irakli Charkviani
- Irakli Charkviani Monument
Keta Gabunia
- Mtkvarze
Tamuna Axander
- KHIDI
Zakaria Paliashvili
- Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre
- Zakaria Paliashvili Memorial House Museum

Architecture

Ghazar Sarkisian
- Kalantarov House
- Mantashev Trading Rows
- Seylanov Brothers' House
Michele De Lucchi
- Ceremonial Palace of Georgia
Mikheil Ohanjanov
- Anna Madatova House
- Bozarjiants House
Otto Jacob Simonson
- Former Hotel London
- Smirnov House Museum

Science

Davit Sarajishvili
- Writers' House of Georgia
Mikhail Smirnov
- Smirnov House Museum

Follow the story on foot

These addresses are scattered across the city. Our routes and quests put them in an order that works.

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