The dresses of the people are as various as round Tiflis; the headgear of the Mingrelian peasants appears truly comic.
"In a fortnight's time we will be having tea at Tiflis," the Russian Colonel used to say.
This led to his appointment in 1844 as the head of a public school at Tiflis, in Transcaucasia.
In October, 1892, Gorky found himself at Tiflis, where he worked in the railroad shops.
Tiflis people are now sending money for relief to Mesopotamia.