On the 800th anniversary of the ingenious Georgian poet.
Bronze Shota Rustaveli has for ever mounted the pedestal of red polished granite in the «Georgian corner» of the Russian capital.
At the beginning of the XVIIth century the King of Georgia Vakhtang Levanovich came to Moscow with a huge suit.
At the outskirts of the city near the village of Voskresenskoie, where they took up residence, a Georgian settlement appeared very soon.
Now the streets and squares at that place bear Georgian names.
Twice a year - on May 6 and November 23, at the Day of great martyr Georgyi, who is thought to be the protector of Georgia, living in Moscow representatives of Georgian diaspora, get together near the monument.