Variani

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|native_name = ვარიანი

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|subdivision_name1 = Shida Kartli

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|subdivision_name2 = Gori

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Variani ({{lang-ka|ვარიანი}}) is a village in the Gori District of Shida Kartli, about {{convert|12|km}} from Gori. As of 2014, it had a population of 1,469.{{cite web |url=http://www.geostat.ge/index.php?action=page&p_id=2152&lang=geo |title=მოსახლეობის საყოველთაო აღწერა 2014 |date=November 2014 |publisher=საქართველოს სტატისტიკის ეროვნული სამსახური |accessdate=7 November 2016}}

Variani is best known for being the birthplace of Iakob Gogebashvili and the location of the Iakob Gogebashvili House Museum,{{Cite web | last =Flynn | first =Tom | title =Fog of war obscures state of cultural heritage sites in Georgia | work =Georgian Daily Independent Voice | publisher =Georgian Daily | date =26 August 2008 | url =http://georgiandaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6757&Itemid=86 | accessdate =12 October 2010 }} being a border village to the South Ossetia disputed territory, and being occupied by Russian forces in the 2008 South Ossetia war{{Cite web | last =Giorgadze | first =Nino | title =Beyond Russian Checkpoints | work =Country: Georgia - Topics: Conflict & War, Displacement, Emergencies | publisher =Mercy Corps | date =31 August 2008 | url =http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/georgia | accessdate =12 October 2010 }} until 8 October 2008.{{Cite web | title =Still No Russian Withdrawal from Akhalgori - Minister | work =Civil Georgia | publisher =Daily News Online | date =8 October 2008 | url =http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=19705 | accessdate =12 October 2010 }}