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...
The “Agudzery” sanatorium
The “Agudzery” sanatorium in Sukhumi was built by Prince Nikolai Nikolaevich Smetsky (1852–1931) in 1905. The design of the sanatorium was created by the well-known Sukhumi architect and engineer Alexander...
Sukhumi. Ancient fortress ruins
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...
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...