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- ↑ Kyrylo Myazha (7 August 2022). "THE MARTYRDOM OF GEORGIAN FR. ANDRIA". orthochristian.com.
- ↑ Eta Tkeshelashvili (5 May 2009). "Georgia; Building a European State in the Caucasus" (PDF). www.sciencespo.fr.