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...
Sukhumi. City hospital named after professor Ostroumov
The project of the Sukhumi City Hospital was submitted to the construction department of the Kutaisi Provincial Administration on May 21, 1900, where it was approved by the provincial engineer...
Novorossiysk-Sukhumi Highway
The exact start date of construction on the Novorossiysk-Sukhumi Highway was February 19, 1892. Earlier, communication between the scattered settlements of the Black Sea region was carried out either by...
The Novaya (“New”)
The Novaya ("New") рotel was located near the Gagripsh restaurant—one of the first buildings in the city of Gagra. It was called “Novaya” in contrast to the nearby Vremennaya (“Temporary”)...
Sukhumi. Snowy Fish lane 1911
The snowfall on the night of January 3 to 4, 1911, in Sukhumi was an unprecedented event for the region, later, it would be called the “Great Snow.” The snow...