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Monument to Count Vorontsov, Tbilisi, 1890

Monument to Count Mikhail Vorontsov in Tbilisi, photographed in 1890.

This photograph shows the monument to Count Mikhail Vorontsov in Tbilisi in 1890. Vorontsov served as the Viceroy of the Caucasus during the mid-nineteenth century and played a major role in the administrative and urban development of the region. The monument stood in a central public square of the city and became one of the recognizable landmarks of Imperial-era Tbilisi. The surrounding buildings and gathered residents illustrate the social life of the city at the end of the nineteenth century.