Sukhum Kale, a fortified seaport town of the Caucasus, on the east coast of the Black Sea, 70 miles N. by W. of Poti. It stands on the site of the ancient Milesian colony of Dioscurias, and since 1809 has been alternately in the hands of the Turks and the Russians; the latter have held it since 1877. Pop. 1947.
Sukhum Kale
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 791
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