Kutaisi (Georgia) is a city in West Georgia, in the Imereti provice, at the Rioni river. It is 221 km to the West of Tbilisi. Second in size city in Georgia, administrative centre of the Imereti province, as well as an important scientific, cultural and industrial centre of this Caucasian country. It is one of the ancient cities described in the Greek mythology, under the name of Ai in Colchis, where Jason and the Argonauts travelled for the Golden Fleece (presented in the city emblem). The Bagrati Cathedral (11^th century) and the Gelati Monastery (12^th century) found its way to the UNESCO World Heritage list. In the 7^th century, the city became the capital of West Georgia, and in 10^th century - the whole Georgia, unified by the king Bagrat III. The king David the Builder (Kind David IV of Georgia), the most famous king of Georgia, was crowned here in the 16^th century. In the 15^th century Kutaisi became the capital of the Imereti kingdom (until 1810, after the Russian-Turkish wars incorporated to Russia), and in the 19^th century - the centre of national-independence and cultural movements.