IDENTIFICATION OF PHOTOS OF TBILISI AND ENVIRONS.

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00418R000300200010-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 10, 2013
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: June 10, 1955
• Content Type: LIST

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Comments
The Chelyuskintsev bridge across the Kura
River. Bullt in 1935-36. A streetcar line
and a trolleybus line across the bridge,
which is an ulitsa Chelyuskintsev and connects
the railroad station with ploshchad Geroyev.
On the left side of the bridge the
Goskinprom(state Movie Industr)building can
be seen in the distance. The picture was
taken from the side of the Gosts irk (State
Circus). The bridge connects the Stalinskiy
and Ordzhonikidzevskiy rayony.
General view of Tbilisi. In the foreground
are the Aleksandrovskiy sad (garden) and the
Orthodox church on prpspekt Rustaveli. On
the left side is part of the Kalyayevskiy
podem (rise) in the rayon i/n Molotov.
General view of Tbilisi. In the foreground
is the Aleksandrovskiy sad. The Mukhranskiy
bridge (1) accross the Kura. The streetcar
line connects the center of town and the
rayon i/n 26 Komissarov passes by here. In
the foreground is a parachute tower. The
arsenal (2) is in the background.
View of the Kura from the Mukhranskiy Bridge.
On the left bank is the Peski (Narikale) of
the rayon i/n Molotov. On the right bank is
the rayon i/n Beriya.1 In the background are
the Maydan district, the ruins of the castle
of Tsarina Tamara, and Komsomolskaya mountain
with its garden.
View of the Kura from the rayon i/n 26
Komissarov. On the left bank is the rayon i/n
26 Komissarov, on the right the Kirovskiy
rayon. In the background are the mountains
Mta-Tsminda and the funicular railway.
Prospekt Rustaveli, taken from the side of
the IttouristtHotei. In the foreground, on
the left side of the building, are a hotel, a
restaurant, cafe, and the Tbilisi movie
theater. Then come the Rustaveli Theater,
(1) the Theater of Ballet and Opera i/n
Paliashvili. Between the theaters ie the
Ministry of Health. There is no streetcar
line at present. Trolleybusses run along the
prospekt,
Near the Kodzhorskoye shosse in the rayon
i/n Beriya.1
General view of Tbilisi, showing (1) the
State Museium, (2) the Hotel Tbilisi, (3) the
Ministry of Communications, and (4) the
department store on Karl Marx Square.
Prospekt Rustaveli. On the left is the
Ministry of Communications. On the right, in
the foreground, is Aleksandrovskiy sad.
Farther on5the scene is the same as in photo 6.
The streetcar line has been moved to ulitsa
Dzneladze, which Is Tdii.s.1161 tO'thibstreet7and
to the right.
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Beriya Square.2 This is an old picture, and
the appearance of the square has changed.
50X1
An eleven-story building on phoshchad GerOyev
and ulitsa i/n Chelyuskintsev.
General View of Tbilisi from the path beside
the funicular railway. In the foreground is
part of the funigular railway. The Tbilisi
Hotel (1) and other buildings are shown in
50X1
Ruins of the castle of Tamara, 12th century.
On the left, the botankcal garden in the
Kirovskiy rayon.
Prospekt Rustaveli, shaving (1) the Ministry
of Communications, (2) a department store for
manufactured goods, and (3) the roof of the
MGB building.
In the foreground, Kirovskiy rayon. Beyond
the river is the rayon i/n 26 Komissarov.
In the background are Arsenalnaya mountain
and (1) the arsenal. Kalyayevskiy podem,
(2) with Metekhskiy castle, now a museum, is
in the center of the picture. Points 3 and
4 are bridges across the Kura which have now
been replaced by wide bridges of solid
construction. The banks of the Kura are now
built up. The picture is outdated. 50X1
General view. In the foreground is the
Kirovskiy rayon, in the background, the rayon
lin 26 Komissarov. On the high bank is (1)
the Metekhskiy castle. The picture is old.
The right bank has been built up.
The Kura River near the Karl Marx bridge.
The flour mills pictured here no longer exist.
Along the Kura River. In the foreground is
the Mukhranskiy bridge. Farther down the river
Is the Karl Marx bridge. On the right is the
Kalyayevskiy podem and in front of it the so-
called Peski area. In the upper right hand
corner is the arsenal.
Metekhskiy castle. In the background is the
funicular railway. A foot bridge can be seen
which las now been replaced by a wide and well
built bridge.
Dam of the Zemo-Avchalskaya hydroelectric' :
station on the Kura River. Northwest ofTbiliRl
about four or five kilometers from Mtskhets: in
the background is the monastery mentioned in
Lermontovi-eMtsyrf:
The Kura River near the Karl Marx bridge. In
the background is Arsenalnaya mountain and
the arsenal.
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Part of the rayon formerly called Sololakskiy,
then Beriya, and now Kalinin near the
Kodzhorskoye shosse. In the foreground is
the road of Kodzhori. It is now paved with
asphalt.
Beriya Square2 showing: (1) the Dom
Pravitelstva (House of Government), the
construction of which is now complete. It
faces on prospektlustaveli. (2) the Ministry
of Communications, (3) MGB, (4) the roof of
the headquarters of the Trans-Caucasian
Military District (Zakavkazskiy Voyennyy Okrug).
(5) Hotel Tbilisi and (6) the Intourist Hotel.
In the foregrowad is Beriya Square2. The
picture shows: (1) A reviewing stand, (2)
Tsekavshiri (Central Union of Caucasian
Consumer Associations), (3) a department store
and an apartment building on Karl Marx Square
and Pushkinskiy skver (public garden).
General view of Sololaki and Komsomolskaya
alleya.
Kalyayevskiy podem in the foreground, with a
view of the funicular railway.
Foot bridge, which has now been replaced by
bridge of solid construction. 50X1
General view of Tbilisi with (1) Beriya
Square2, (2) the building of the City 27
Executive Committee. The foreground shows
the construction of the new funicular station.
Zionist church and Kooperativnaya ulitsa. In
the distance are the ruins of the castle of
Tsarina Tamara.
The Dom Pravitelstya (Government House). This
faces on prospekt Rustaveli.
The hountain beyond the botangAcal garden.
Mukhranskiy bridge
Bridge formerly called Veriyskiy, now
Elbakidze. This is an old picture. The
river bank has been built up and the bridge
is wider.
Lower station of the funicular. The upper
station has been rebuilt. The picture is
obsolete.
General view of Tbilisi. In the foreground is
Sololaki; (1) the arsenal.
Beriya Square2. In the foreground is the
passage on Sololakskaya ulitsa.
General View of Tbilisi. In the foreground is
Kirovskiy rayon. Beyond the river is the
rayon i/n 26 Kamissarov.
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50. Air Force No. 1678.038
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General view of Tbilisi with KomBomolskaya
alleya in the foreground (1) Museum.
(1) Building occupied by the Communist Party.
(2) Dom Pravitelstva. (3) Intourist. (4)
Georgian MVD. (5) Historical museum. (6)
Rustaveli movie theater. (7) Intourist. (8)
mukbranskiy bridge. (Here source has pin-
pointed the Intourist Hotel twice).
The Maydan district. In the background are
the ruins of the castle of Tamara. There
are sulphur baths here.
The Chelyuskintsev bridge in the center of
the picture. (1) The zoo.
View of Beriya Susre2, In the foreground is
the crossing of ulitsa Kooperatsii. (1) The
building of the City Executive Committee.
(2) Building of the Georgian offices of the
State Bank. In the background is the
mountain, Mta-Tsminda, and the funicular
railway.
One of the streets in the old part of Tbilisi
near Beriya Square2, probably Serebryannava
ulitsa. 50X1
Ulitsa Tetskhoveli. The upper part of a
building in the picture is probably the
Marx library.
Ulitsa i/n Dzneladze, which runs parallel to
frospekt Rustaveli.
Beriya Square2. The colonnade is part of the
building of the headquarters of the Trans-
Caucasian Military District. Mta-Tsmind
mountain and the funicular.
General view of the Sololaki, Komsomolskaya
alleya and Kodzhorskoye shosse from Mta-
Tsminda mountain.
General view of Kirovskiy rayon, the Maydan,
the sulphur baths, and: the ruins of Tamara's
castle.
The Georgian military road (Voyenno-
Gruainskaya doroga).
View of Didube. The picture is completely
outdated.
51. Air Force No. 922.552 Riverside drive (naberezhnaya) and bridge i/n
Elbakidze. The bridge has been elevated and
widened.
52. Air Force No. 922.553
Karl Marx Bridge. Beyond the bridge is
Karl Marx Square.
1. Recently changed to Rayon i/n Mikhail Yvanovich
2. Recently changed to Plashchad i/n Vladimir Ilich Lenin.
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