The Population of Tbilisi as Observed by European Travellers between the Years 1903 and 1925

Abstract

This article introduces the accounts of European travellers regarding the ethno-religious composition of the population of Tbilisi in the early 20th century. The travellers are as follows: Edouard Alfred Martel (1903), Claude Anet (1905), Duchess Hermine de Rohan (1909) and Maurice Rondet-Saint (1913). At the time of their travels, Georgia was part of the Russian Empire. At the time of the Russian Revolution in 1917, a French health mission led by Dr. Louis Dartigues arrived in Tbilisi. During the First Republic of Georgia in 1919, Tbilisi was visited by British intelligence officer Colonel Sir Alfred "Toby" Rawlinson and British journalist Carl Eric Beckhofer Roberts. In 1925, during the Soviet era, Tbilisi was visited by the French teacher and trade unionist Maurice Wullens.