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was made for Georgia's independence day on May 26. Georgia became independent from
Russia in 1918 in the aftermath of the 1917 Russian revolution. True independence was
short lived as the country forceibly became a member of the Soviet Union in 1922. Georgia
seceded from the Soviet Union, adopting the Act of Reestablishment of Independence on 9
April 1991.

The first eight bottles
come from the Soviet era.
Camtpect was Georgia’s
monopoly exporter so
these bottles will have
been made in several
distilleries. Most of these
bottles have writing in
three scripts, Georgian,
Cyrilic (Russian) and
Latin.

Although more modern,
you can clearly see the
old Soviet influence in the
first two Sarajishvili
bottles, with later bottles
going away from the
Camtpect type design.
The Sarajishvili wine &
brandy company goes
back to 1884. It was one
of many Georgian brandy
companies who called
their brandies Cognac
until recent years.

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