Rustaveli Avenue (Georgian: რუსთაველის გამზირი, Rust'avelis Gamziri), formerly known as Golovin Street, is the central avenue in Tbilisi named after the medieval Georgian poet, Shota Rustaveli.
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The avenue starts at Freedom Square and extends for about 1.5 km in length, before it turns into an extension of Kostava Street. Rustaveli is often considered the main thoroughfare of Tbilisi due to the numerous governmental, public, cultural, and business buildings that are located along or near the avenue. The Parliament of Georgia building, the Georgian National Opera Theater, the Rustaveli State Academic Theater, the Georgian Academy of Sciences, Kashveti Church, the Georgian Museum of Fine Arts, Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia (part of the Georgian National Museum), and Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi among others, are all located on Rustaveli.
In 1989, tens of thousands of Georgians gathered before the House of Government on Rustaveli Avenue. An attack by the Soviet Spetsnaz forces killed many protesters in the April 9 tragedy.
1 - Residential building (1937-1939, architects S. Kubaneishvili, A. Kurdiani, M. Melia)[3][4]
3 - National Museum of Georgia former Caucasian Museum (1913-1917, architect M. N. Neprintsev). In 1929, the facade of the building was reconstructed according to the project of architect N. Severov[5]
5 - Rustaveli cinema (1938, architect N. Severov)[6]
6 - Former palace of the governor - Vorontsov Palace (1868, architect O. Simonson), now the National Youth and Children's Palace[7][8]
8 - Building of the Parliament of Georgia (1933-1938 - upper building, 1946-1953 - main building, architect V. Kokorin with the participation of G. Lesava)[9][10]
9 - Kashveti Church (1910, architect L. Bilfeldt)[11][12]
10 - Tiflis Gymnasium (1825-1831, architect A. I. Melnikov, rebuilt, now - The First Classical Gymnasium In Tbilisi)[13]
11 - Tbilisi Art Gallery ("Blue Gallery") (1888, architect A. Salzmann). Former military-historical museum "Temple of Glory"[14]
12 - Former Communications House (1932-1933, architect K. I. Solomonov)[15] is one of the examples of constructivism in Tbilisi. The facade of the building in 1953-1955 was reconstructed and redesigned according to the project of architect I. N. Chkhenkeli[16]
13 - Tbilisi Marriott Hotel, former Majestik Hotel (1915, architect G. Ter-Mikelov)[17]
16 - Former House of Military Officers (1916, architect D. Chisliev)[18][circular reference]
17b - Shota Rustaveli Theater (1887, architect A. Szymkiewicz)[19]
25 - Georgian National Opera Theater (1896, architect V. A. Shreter)[20][21]
29 - Former branch of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism (1933-1938, architect A. Shchusev)[22]
37 - Apartment house of Melik-Azaryants (1915, architect N. Obolonsky)[23]
42 - Building of the publishing house "Zarya Vostok" (1926-1929, architect D. G. Chisliev)[24]
52 - The building of the Gruzugol Trust (1949-1954, architects M. A. Chkhikvadze and K. C. Chkheidze). The prototype of the building was the Stockholm City Hall (1923, architect R. Estberg). Currently, the building belongs to the Academy of Sciences of Georgia[25]
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