 The only historical sources available about the ethnic Kists in the area of Pankisi are found in the Georgian press, dated in the 1880s by E.Gugushvili, Zakaria Gulisashvili, Ivane Bukurauli, and Mate Albutashvili (ethnic Kist).One of the greatest Georgian poets Vazha-Pshavela dedicated his epic "Aluda Ketelauri" and "The Host and the Guest" to the story of Kist-Khevsur conflict which occurred in the 18th and 19th centuries.Based on religious and cultural difference, both Caucasian peoples were engaged in fierce fighting.