Monuments & public art
Anton Chekhovi Da Maksim Gorki
ანტონ ჩეხოვი და მაქსიმ გორკი
A memorial plaque on Shota Rustaveli Street in Old Batumi marks the house where the writers Anton Chekhov and Maxim Gorky stayed.
The plaque, in Georgian and Russian, is fixed to a house on Shota Rustaveli Street in Old Batumi. It marks the building where the Russian writers Anton Chekhov and Maxim Gorky stayed between 1888 and 1900.
Chekhov (1860–1904) was a physician, playwright and short-story writer. Gorky (1868–1936) was a writer and journalist known for The Lower Depths (1902) and Mother (1906).
Guide text written by Kartvelio AI.
Sources
- Chekhov and Gorky plaque in Batumi (Wikimedia Commons), consulted on 21 October 2026.
- Anton Chekhov (Wikipedia), consulted on 21 October 2026.
- Maxim Gorky (Wikipedia), consulted on 21 October 2026.
