FOREIGNERS ABOUT SOUTH-WEST GEORGIA

Abstract

The historic fate of One of the most important regions of Georgia is really special. By the wrongness of historic fate, this strong hearth of Georgian civilization was separated from the united Georgian organism and transformed as a component part of other country, but its residents did not forget the love and respect of their native language. AAs a result of the war between Russia and Ottoman empire (1877-1878), this region returned to its motherland, but this time the Caucasian administration of Russian empire was trying to hinder its development and confront this side to the rest of Georgia. In Russian leaders’ opinion, it should transform to

     an important bridge-head for Russian expansion in the near east and platform for implementation of far-reaching plans of empire.

    Foreigners were also interested in this region of Georgia. They visited to this region at many times and left us important information about political, social, economic and cultural-educational life of the southwestern Georgia of that time (XIX-XX cc.)

 Keywords: Foreigners' interest in Batumi; Interesting materials about Batumi; Description of Batumi; Foreign press about Adjara; Residents of the city in the 19th century; Political issues in Batumi in the 19th-20th centuries.