Lagodekhi

Lagodehi is a metropolis, located at the foot of the Greater Caucasus mountains between the rivers Lagodekhiskhevi and Shromiskhevi, inside the historical area of Hereti now part of Kakheti. Lagodekhi has a number of close by waterfalls and includes the Lagodekhi Nature Reserve, hooked up in 1912 and primary referred to through Polish botanist Ludwik Młokosiewicz for having a ramification of tree species. Three kilometers east of the town is the border crossing with Azerbaijan's Balakan Province. Lagodekhi is inside the Kakheti district of Georgia. Lagodekhi was based in the 8th century, under the name of Lakuasti, when the Eristavi Archil I ordered to construct a fort. In the XIth century, Lagodekhi changed into an essential monastery in the historic region of Hereti.

In the 1610s, after the invasion of Shah Abbas, the territory of Lagodekhi was devastated. In 1830, as a stronghold at the Lezgin cordon Line, the military settlement of Lagodekhi changed into based. Until 1917 within the territory of Lagodekhi become the headquarters of the regiment. Next to the regiment itself, on the identical time, the development of a small agreement began, in which maximum of those who ended army service remained, but for some motive did not want to return to their place of birth. As a result, the support put up became converted into a civilian settlement in 1857.