Resort Borjomi in the southeastern part of Georgia

01.07.2022

In 1912, the well-known climatologist A.I. Voeikov. After the observations, he noted that the territory of Borjomi cannot be fully attributed to the climatic treatment places. Favorable conditions for patients, among whom were pulmonary patients, were only in the upper part of the settlement, where the glade was located. The largest of the meadows, located on a plateau warmed by the sun, was named Vorontsovsky Park. The scientist wrote: "in the daytime, the sun is very warm in the glades, and neighboring trees provide enough shade, in the evening the temperature drops and the relative humidity increases much more slowly than at the foot of the Vorontsovsky Park, especially in the mineral water park"[3]. A.I. Voeikov proposed to build drinking galleries in Vorontsovsky Park, where water would be supplied from mineral springs located lower in a crevice between mountains, where in the afternoon, due to high humidity and a rapid drop in temperature after sunset, it was harmful for patients to stay.

The total area of ​​the Grand Duke's estate in Borjomi was 69,513 acres. To illuminate the palace with electricity, the first hydroelectric power station in the Russian Empire was built in 1898. In addition to Nikolai Mikhailovich, Tsarevich Georgy Alexandrovich, who was sick with tuberculosis, lived in this region of springs (villa in Abbas-Tuman). The appearance of the palace under the Romanovs is captured in color photographs by Prokudin-Gorsky. Part of the furnishings is kept in the State Museum of Georgia.

In Soviet times, the Grand Duke's residence became the property of the state. The first persons of the Soviet state, including Joseph Stalin, often rested here. In independent Georgia, the palace functions as the summer residence of the President of Georgia. Museum since 2016.

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