According to a number of scholars, Gagra is derived from Gakra meaning "walnut" in the Svan language, while Gakari or Kakari means "a place with walnut trees". The town was...
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Gagra. Prince Oldenburg palace
Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg was born on June 2, 1844, into the family of Prince Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg and Princess Therese of Nassau. He was the great-grandson of Tsar...
Milky waterfall
The Milky waterfall is located near Lake Ritsa in the northwest of Abkhazia. The waterfall owes its name to the characteristic shade of its water. Several legends are associated with...
გაგრა. აბანოები
In Gagra, at the initiative of Prince Oldenburg in the early 1900s, a first-class resort was established. In 1904, by the Gagripshi River, on the site of an old temporary...
Makhinjauri
Makhinjauri is a Black Sea climate resort located 5 kilometers north of Batumi, it is renowned for its sulfur springs, which have been known since the early XX century. 10...
Climatic station of horse railway
The first horse-drawn railway carriage in the world appeared in 1801 to transport goods from the Thames to the southern parts of London. However, as a form of public transport,...