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Racha (also Ratcha, Georgian: რაჭა, Račʼa) is a highland area in western Georgia, located in the upper Rioni river valley and hemmed in by the Greater Caucasus mountains. Under Georgia’s current subdivision, Racha is included in the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region (mkhare) as the municipalities of Oni and Ambrolauri.
Racha occupies 2,854 km2 in the north-eastern corner of western Georgia. Spurs of the Greater Caucasus crest separates Racha from the Georgian historical regions of Svaneti and Lechkhumi on the north-west and from Imereti on the south, while the main Caucasus ridge forms a boundary with Russia’s North Ossetia. On the east, Racha is bordered by breakaway South Ossetia, officially part of Georgia’s Shida Kartli region.
Racha had been part of Colchis and Caucasian Iberia since ancient times and its main town Oni was said to have been founded by King Parnajom of Iberia in the 2nd century BC. Upon creation of the unified Georgian kingdom in the 11th century, Racha became one of the duchies (saeristavo) within it. Rati of the Baghvashi family was the first duke (eristavi) appointed by King Bagrat III. Descendants of Rati and his son Kakhaber, eponymous father of Racha’s ruling dynasty of Kakhaberisdze, governed the province until 1278. In 1278 King David VI Narin abolished the duchy during his war against the Mongols. In the mid-14th century, the duchy was restored under the rule of the Tcharelidze family.
Actors: Bennet Maples (composer), Bennet Maples (director), Bennet Maples (producer), Bennet Maples (writer), Emma Curtis (actress), Rose Bennett (costume designer), Tom Butterworth (actor), Tom Butterworth (producer), Hayley Brasnett (actor), Samuel Hoad (actor), Samuel Hoad (producer), Hayley Brasnett (producer), Craig Chaplin (producer), Christopher Puttock (actor), Sam Wright (actor),
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Plot: The story happens in 1948, in a fictional country, called Zakharstan (in the novel "Caravans" is probably Afghanistan). Mark Miller (Michael Sarazyn) is a young U.S. Embassy employee who is responsible to follow Ellen Jasper (Jennifer O'Neill), the daughter of Senator Jasper, who later has married Colonel Nazrullah (Behrouz Vossoughi) and disappeared. During the investigation, Mark Miller (Michael Sarazyn) realizes that Ellen Jasper (Jennifer O'Neill) has escaped from her husband, Colonel Nazrullah (Behrouz Vossoughi), living among a tribe whose leader is Zulffiqar (Anthony Quinn). He will fail to convince her to be reunited with his father. But, Mark Miller (Michael Sarazyn) has realized that the leader of tribe is an outlaw who resists against the government's proposals for a permanent settlement of his tribe and also with cooperation of another rebel man, Shakkur (Mohamad Ali Keshavarz), are engaged to Russian arms trafficking ...
Keywords: 1948, afghanistan, american-diplomat, arms-smuggling, based-on-novel, camel, caravan, desert, disappearance, forced-settlementActors: Jean-Claude Bouillon (actor), Paul Crauchet (actor), Raoul Delfosse (actor), Julien Guiomar (actor), Jean Lescot (actor), François Maistre (actor), Paul Rieger (actor), Dany Carrel (actress), Andrée Tainsy (actress), Lucien Hubert (actor), Marc Fayolle (actor), Dominique Rozan (actor), Serge Vincent (actor), Liliane Gaudet (actress), Jacques Charby (actor),
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