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Bolnisi was settled by 95 German colonist families from [[Swabia]] in 1818, whilst part of the [[Georgia Governorate]] of the [[Russian Empire]]. Upon the arrival of the German colonists, the town was renamed ''Yekaterinenfeld'' in honor of the sister of [[Tsarist autocracy|Tsar]] [[Alexander I of Russia|Alexander I]], [[Catherine Pavlovna of Russia|Ekaterina Pavlovna]], who was married to the King of Württemberg. Some eight years later, Yekaterinenfeld was pillaged by what were described as "Tartars", who burned down the German colony and massacred many of its inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.kubsu.ru/pdf/ar_zac.pdf|title=Донские казаки и армянсков население в обороне русских границ|author=|website=|date=|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Allmendinger |first1=Ernst |title=Katharinenfeld, ein deutsches Dorf im Kaukasus |date=1989 |url=https://dspace.nplg.gov.ge/handle/1234/12950}}</ref> In the early 20th century, Yekaterinenfeld had a mainly German and Russian population of 2,332.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.prlib.ru/item/417314 |title=Кавказский календарь на 1910 год |publisher=Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom |year=1910 |edition=65th |location= |publication-place=Tiflis |pages= |language=Russian |trans-title=Caucasian calendar for 1910 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315211448/https://www.prlib.ru/item/417314 |archive-date=15 March 2022}}</ref>