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Gveleti
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Gveleti (; ) is a village (aul) in the Kazbegi Municipality of Georgia. It is located in the Darial Gorge, on the right bank of the Devdaraki (a left tributary of the Terek river), 4 km from the border with Russia. Gelatĕ was founded by the Ingush clan (teip) Gelatkhoy ().
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Gveleti (; ) is a village (aul) in the Kazbegi Municipality of Georgia. It is located in the Darial Gorge, on the right bank of the Devdaraki (a left tributary of the Terek river), 4 km from the border with Russia. Gelatĕ was founded by the Ingush clan (teip) Gelatkhoy ().
==History== thumb|left|Gelatĕ (Golet) on Johann Anton Güldenstädt|Güldenstädt's map (1780) thumb|left|Ingush dance in Gveleti (ca. 1880) thumb|left|Tsogol Buzurtanov - alpinist, son of [[Yosif Buzurtanov - the first to conquer Mount Kazbek. Inhabitant of Gveleti.]] thumb|right|Ingush cemetery in Gveleti (1910)
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