Batum Collection

RUSSIA / 1923 / BATUM RIOT
The Orthodox cathedral of Batum is converted into a cinema. Locals riot and destroy the screen and equipment. Date: 1923

Georgia - Batumi - Mantascheff Oil Refinery
The Mantascheff Oil Refinery at Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum) a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia

Batum, Georgia - Grande Avenue
Batum (Batoum, Batumi), Adjara, Georgia (then in Russia). Date: circa 1905

Man and children - Batumi, Adjara, Georgia
A man and his children from Batumi, the capital of Adjara, (now officially the Autonomous Republic of Adjara), Georgia (on the border with Turkey). Date: 1919

Georgia - Batumi - Batumi Cathedral
Batumi Cathedral. Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum) is a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia, 12 miles from the border with Turkey

Georgia - Batumi - Sitting at the waters edge
Local people take in the air, sitting at the waters edge. A lovely late afternoon/early evening view in Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum) a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara

Georgia - Batumi - The Harbour
The Harbour of the Port of Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum) a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia, 12 miles from the border with Turkey

Georgia - Batumi - The Grand Avenue
The Grand Avenue at Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum) a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia, 12 miles from the border with Turkey

Georgia - Batumi - The Telegraph Office
The Post Telegraph Office at Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum) a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia, 12 miles from the border with Turkey

Georgia - Batumi - View of the Harbour
View of the harbour at the Port of Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum), a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia

Georgia - Batumi - Turkish Bazaar

Georgia - Batumi - Green Cape - Coastal Railway
Railway running along the coast at Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum) a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia

Georgia - Batumi - General view
General view over the rooftops toward the harbour of Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum) a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia

Georgia - Batumi - Mosque
Mosque at Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum), a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia, 12 miles from the border with Turkey

Georgia - Batumi - Workers at a quarry
Quarry workers mining one of the many seams of good quality stone to be found in the area around Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum), a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara

Georgia - The Road to Batumi
Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum) a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia, 12 miles from the border with Turkey

Georgia - Batumi - The Market
The Market at Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum) a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia, 12 miles from the border with Turkey

Georgia - Batumi - Green Cape
View of the Green Cape (Cap Vert), Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum) a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia

Georgia - Batumi - Railway Station at Makindjaouri
Railway Station at Makindjaouri near Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum), a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia

Georgia - Batumi - Farmers
Farmers and loaded oxen wagons take fruit to market at Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum) a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia

Georgia - Batumi - Turkish Mullahs and students
Turkish Mullahs with their students at Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum) a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia

Georgia Batumi
(formerly known as Batum) - the harbour seen from the sea was surrendered by Turkey to Russia in 1878

Batum, Georgia - 2
The harbour of Batum (Batumi) on the Black Sea near the Turkish border : at the time this picture was made it was still under Turkish rule

Batum, Georgia
General view of Batum (Batumi) on the Black Sea near the Turkish border : at the time this picture was made it was still under Turkish rule

Russia / 1923 / Batum Riot
By order of the Soviet authorities, the Orthodox cathedral at Batum is turned into a cinema, but locals riot and destroy the equipment

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