Sentence examples for Tiflis from inspiring English sources

The capital of Georgia is Tʿbilisi (Tiflis).

Three cities Baku, Tʿbilisi (Tiflis), and Yerevan each have populations well in excess of one million.

1712 Tbilisi, Georgia 1795 Tbilisi, Georgia Sayat-Nova, pseudonym of Aruthin Sayadian (born 1712, Tiflis, Georgia died 1795, Tiflis) Armenian troubadour known for his love songs.

19, Old Style], 1853, Tiflis, Russia died March 17, 1926, Moscow) Russian general distinguished for the "Brusilov breakthrough" on the Eastern Front against Austria-Hungary (June August 1916), which aided Russia's Western allies at a crucial time during World War I. Brusilov was educated in the Imperial Corps of Pages, and he began his military career as a cavalry officer in the Caucasus.

In December 1899, Dzhugashvili became, briefly, a clerk in the Tiflis Observatory, the only paid employment that he is recorded as having taken outside politics; there is no record of his ever having done manual labour.

June 29 , 1849Tbilisi, Georgia March 13 , 1915St .Petersburg, Russia Sergey Yulyevich, Count Witte, (born June 29 [June 17, old style], 1849, Tiflis, Georgia, Russian Empire died March 13 [Feb.

October 8, 1897 Tbilisi, Georgia December 4 , 1987Los Angeles, California Rouben Mamoulian, (born October 8, 1897, Tiflis, Georgia, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Georgia] died December 4 , 1987 Los Angeles, California, U.S). Georgian-born American theatrical and motion-picture director noted for his contribution to the development of cinematic art at the beginning of the sound era.

Rouben Mamoulian, (born October 8, 1897, Tiflis, Georgia, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Georgia] died December 4 , 1987 Los Angeles, California, U.S). Georgian-born American theatrical and motion-picture director noted for his contribution to the development of cinematic art at the beginning of the sound era.

Sergey Yulyevich, Count Witte, (born June 29 [June 17, old style], 1849, Tiflis, Georgia, Russian Empire died March 13 [Feb.

As a young man Bodenstedt obtained an appointment as head of a school in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia), where he made a study of Persian literature.

He then moved to the Tiflis Theological Seminary, where he secretly read Karl Marx, the chief theoretician of international Communism, and other forbidden texts, being expelled in 1899 for revolutionary activity, according to the "legend"—or leaving because of ill health, according to his doting mother.