The original fortress was likely built by the Greeks in the 6th century BCE, as, in addition to the remains of the Dioscurias colony at the bottom of the Sukhumi...
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Mikhaylovskaya Embankment
Mikhaylovskaya Embankment (now divided into Makhadzhir Embankment and Dioscuri Embankment) is the oldest street in Sukhumi, first mentioned in 1810. The Sukhumi embankment began at the gates of the fortress...
Professor Ostroumov’s dacha
Professor Ostroumov’s dacha was located on Trapezia Mountain in the city of Sukhumi. In 1896, the Russian writers Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (Gorky), as well as the...
Sukhumi. Lighthouse
The height of the Sukhumi lighthouse is 37 meters. It was designed by engineer Ernest Goüin, one of the creators of the Eiffel Tower, commissioned by the Navigation Department of...
Gagra. Country place
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...
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...