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Tiflis

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Tif·lis  (tfls, ty-fls)
See Tbilisi.
Tiflis [tɪfˈliːs]
n
(Placename) transliteration of the Russian name for Tbilisi
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Noun1.Tiflis - the capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura riverTiflis - the capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river
Tbilisi, capital of Georgia
Sakartvelo, Georgia - a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
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In 1907, after the newly established Iranian parliament was abolished by Mohammad Ali Shah's Kazak forces, parliamentarians and intellectuals formed the first wave of political refugees, escaping to Baku, Tiflis and Ishq Abad in southern Russia.
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In August 1867, the first Russian convert, Nikita Voronin, was baptized in the Kura River near Tiflis by Martin Kalweit, a German Baptist from the Baltic provinces who had settled recently in Tiflis.
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