What is "variani"

Variani is a village in the Gori District of Shida Kartli, about from Gori. As of 2008, it had a population of 1,500.

Variani is best known for being the birthplace of Iakob Gogebashvili and the location of the Iakob Gogebashvili House Museum, being a border village to the South Ossetia disputed territory, and being occupied by Russian forces in the 2008 South Ossetia war until 8 October 2008.