Tiflis
Britishnoun
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The son of a janitor in Tiflis, Armenia, Petrosyan played his first game at twelve.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was to pay the Soviet Government $3 for each ton of manganese mined and to rebuild a railroad from Tiflis to Poti.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stevens traveled about Russia as much as Soviet restrictions would allow: from Leningrad on the Finnish Gulf to Tiflis in the Caucasus and Novosibirsk in central Siberia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tiflis newspapers exposed such "grave economic crimes" as "embezzlement of socialist property," "windows and doors that have fallen to pieces," "bedbugs breeding in our hotels."
From Time Magazine Archive
Tiflis, the traditional capital of Georgia, is a city of 180,000 inhabitants, among whom are 33,000 Georgians proper.
From Caucasian Legends by Goulbat, Abraam Abraamovich
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