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Batum Free Port

Great Britain · Warfare / Russia War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1878Date range
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Chronological records

1878

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd13 July 1878

Berlin · Warfare / Russia War

Accepts Russian possession of Batum after Russia declares its intention to make the port essentially commercial and free.

Names involved

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd

Provenance

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