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Sukhumi. Botanic garden. Blooming agave

At the beginning of the XIX-th century, the physician of the Sukhumi military garrison, Vladislav Bagrinovsky, established a garden near his home, where he cultivated medicinal plants to treat sick...

Sukhumi. Baskakov country house

Baskakov’s dacha is located at the foot of Trapezia Mountain on Podgornoye Highway (now Dzidzaria street) in the city of Sukhumi. At the end of the XIX century this plot...

The Sukhum Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

The Sukhum Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was located at the intersection of Romanovskiy avenue and Inzhenernaya street. First idea of building arose in 1868.  That same year, at the request of...

Sukhumi. Boulevard main entrance

Sukhumi Boulevard began at Olginskaya street (now Pushkin Street) and extended westward to Torgovaya street (now Aydgylar street). In the 1890s, the boulevard was fenced off and adorned with a...

Sukhumi. Power station. Waterfall

In 1907 engineers A. I. Javakhov, G. F. Nikitin, K. E. Andriyevsky, and S. A. Kanonovich established a partnership called the “Office for the Construction of Urban Electric Lighting in...