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Kutaisi , city (1989 pop. 234,870), W Georgia, on the Rion River. Georgia's second largest city, it has industries producing trucks, mining and transport equipment, textiles, chemicals, and food products. Industry is aided by a large hydroelectric station on the Rion. Kutaisi was the capital of ancient Colchis (8th cent. BC), and the capital of Imeritia in the 13th, 15th, and 16th cent. AD It was taken by the Russians in 1810. There is some notable medieval architecture, including the ruins of the 11th-century St. George Cathedral.

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Kutaisi (K᾽ut᾽aisi), Georgia Miletus, Kyta Derived from kuata ‘stony’ or ‘rocky’, possibly a reference to its wooded hillsides and backdrop of snow‐capped mountains. It was the capital of successive kingdoms in Georgia: Colchis, Iberia, Abkhazia, and Imereti.

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	GEORGIA: MAJORITY AND MINORITY AT ODDS OVER MOVING PARLIAMENT TO KUTAISI. Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 8/2/2009
	GEORGIA: THE SAGA OF KUTAISI'S INDEPENDENT RADIO STATION. .(Brief Article) Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 2/12/2003
	GEORGIA: H1N1 VIRUS REACHES KUTAISI. Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 11/15/2009

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