Monuments & public art
Lesya Ukrainka
ლესია უკრაინკა
A memorial plaque in Old Batumi records that the Ukrainian poet Lesya Ukrainka lived in the building in 1907, 1908, 1911 and 1912.
The plaque is mounted on a building in Old Batumi, near Konstantine Gamsakhurdia Street. Its inscription calls Lesya Ukrainka a great Ukrainian poetess and lists the years she lived there: 1907, 1908, 1911 and 1912.
Ukrainka (1871 to 1913) was one of the foremost writers of Ukrainian literature, best known for her poems and plays. Illness took her to dry climates, among them the Caucasus, and she spent time in Georgia.
Guide text written by Kartvelio AI.
Sources
- Lesya Ukrainka Memorial Plaque in Batumi.jpg (Wikimedia Commons), consulted on 21 October 2026.
- Lesya Ukrainka (Wikipedia), consulted on 21 October 2026.
