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Artvin

Artvin is a city in north-eastern Turkey, the capital of Artvin Province, on the Çoruh river near the Black Sea and the Georgian border. Part of the medieval Georgian lands of Tao-Klarjeti, it passed to the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century and was annexed by Russia in 1878. It returned to Turkey under the Treaty of Kars in 1921.

Artvin
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Artvin. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/artvin
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