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Encyclopedia Britannica



POTI

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 208 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: POL-PRE
POTI , a seaport of Russian Transcaucasia, in the government of
Kutais
 , at the mouth of the Rion on the
coast
  of the Black Sea, 193 M. by rail W.N.W. of
Tiflis
  and 35 M. by sea N. of Batum. Pop. (1882), 3112; (1897), 7666. The white walls of the fortress contrast with the green trees which surround them, and the lighthouse, 117 ft. high, is visible 17 M. Situated in a marshy
delta
  not more than 22 ft. above the level of the river, Poti is extremely unhealthy, fever and ague prevailing in summer and autumn. The Russians have improved the town and port, but the latter is still exposed to west and
south
 -west gales. A new entrance was constructed in 1905, and a new inner harbour was at the same time under construction. The shipping
trade
  amounts to 500,000 to 600,000 a year, almost entirely
manganese
  ore, with some maize.
Poti represents the ancient Phasis, a commercial colony of the Greek city of
Miletus
 . The present fortress was built in 1 578 by Sultan Murad III. of Turkey at the time of a war with Persia. In 164o it was destroyed by the Imeretians (Georgians), but it was restored and enlarged. The town was a
great
  slave market. It was captured by the Russians in 1812 and 1829.


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