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Tiflis (Capital of the republic)

the capital of the republic of Georgia, and chief city in the territory of the Caucasus, lies in a narrow valley on both sides of the Kur, 184 miles E. S.

E. of Poti by rail. In its architecture and in the manners of its inhabitants the city presents a singular mixture of Asiatic and European features. The city is the seat of the civil and military authorities of Transcausia, and has 42 churches (23 Armenian), 2 mosques, a gymnasium, and several upper schools, a library, a botanic garden, a hospital, and a theater. It has active manufactures of woolens, silks, cottons, armor, and leather, and is the emporium for the important Russian trade with Persia. It is connected with Teheran by telegraph.

Tiflis was the scene of active military operations during the World War, and 1919-1920. See GEORGIA. Pop. about 300,000.