Those influences can still be seen today in the architecture of Tbilisi's Old Town.
Lisa Kaestner, an American in Tbilisi, said some of her friends fled to Armenia.
On Tuesday, the streets of Tbilisi were calm, but people continued to stockpile food and water.
By Friday afternoon, Tbilisi said its troops had taken control of the separatists' stronghold.
Originally Teimuri Sepiashvili, Sapir comes from a Jewish family and grew up in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Dr. Fisher answered us via her phone from a romantic holiday in Tbilisi, Georgia.
That is why, on September 28th, Rustaveli Avenue, in Tbilisi, was again awash with demonstrators.
In 2007 he founded the Free University in Tbilisi, which teaches law, business and languages.
But Paata Zakareishvili, a Georgian analyst, believes he could have been nabbed in Tbilisi.
Even before the war Tbilisi sought membership in NATO, technically the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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Ivanishvili moved back to Georgia in 2003 and built a 108, 000-square-foot compound in the mountains overlooking Tbilisi.
She said she had hoped to stay in Tbilisi, but her organization issued a detailed evacuation plan.
Moscow is recalling some of its embassy workers from Tbilisi and is advising Russians not to travel there.
She and her family stayed, but they moved from downtown Tbilisi to stay with friends on the city's outskirts.
Some foreign residents of Tbilisi had a better chance of fleeing the fighting.
NPR's Don Gonyea has been watching the speech and other celebrations in Tbilisi.
Russian lawmakers say Washington should not take Tbilisi's word against that of Moscow.
Melissa Scholz, originally from Atlanta, Georgia, had been working in Tbilisi for the Eurasia Partnership Foundation for two months.
In 1907 he organised an armed robbery on two coaches carrying treasure to the state bank in central Tbilisi.
In the country beyond Tbilisi, where Mr Saakashvili draws much of his backing, support for the government has dropped.
The BBC's Damien McGuinness in Tbilisi says some Georgians fear the move could mark a return to the crime-ridden 1990s.
My personal favourite was the work of the Tbilisi born Armenia painter Albert Dilbaryan - or "Dilbo" as he was known.
Accoya is used around the world, from a velodrome in Tbilisi, to decking on the Shanghai Bund and Disney theme parks.
Scuffles have broken out in the Georgian capital Tbilisi as protesters sought to stop President Mikheil Saakashvili from delivering a speech.
In a famous incident, Galina took a fancy to an antique diamond-studded crown in a museum in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital.
"We received assurances that Tbilisi will not be attacked, but the same thing was said about the town of Gori, " Lomsadze said.
Several residents said they worried that Russian forces would attack Tbilisi.
Nobody from his camp, or among election-watchers in Tbilisi, foresaw this outcome.
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The excellent new House of Europe in Tbilisi should be the model.
They have set up a stall in the middle of Tbilisi, to hand out the Bible, in Farsi, to Iranian people passing by.
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