GEORGIA

Published in Georgia - Social interactions and entertainment - 18 Oct 2016 07:00 - 5

Stepantsminda (formerly Kazbegi), is a small town in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of north-eastern Georgia. Historically and ethnographically, the town is part of the Khevi province. It is the center of the Kazbegi Municipality.
Stepantsminda was named after a Georgian Orthodox monk named Stephan, who constructed a hermitage at this location on what later became the Georgian Military Road.