Talk:Battle of Artvin

This battle did not take place
Artvin and entire Batum oblast (Artvin okrug and Batumi okrug) were not returned by Georgia in April 1919. Since the Mudros agreement, the Ottomans withdrew from Batumi oblast and the British troops entered it. The oblast remained under the British military governorship until 1920. There was no Ottoman-Georgian battle over Artvin in 1919. The Britain wanted to turn Batum into porto franco but ultimately ceded it to Georgia, Georgian troops actually entered Artvin in Spring 1920: In spring 1920, the Georgian government moved troops into Artvin and Khulo areas, triggering the official British protest. The Georgian army tried to take Batumi, but the British garrison signaled its willingness to defend the city with arms if necessary. The personal intervention of the British High Commissioner Sir Oliver Wardrop helped avoid an armed confrontation. In the end, the British cabinet decided in June 1920 to pull out from Batumi. The decision to accelerate the removal of British troops from the area and to return Batumi to Georgia’s jurisdiction was a signal of changing military and political disposition – and not to independent Georgia’s favor – tells professor Kobakhidze. In April 1920 Bolshevik coup succeeded in Baku. Kobakhidze says that “by occupying Baku, the Soviet Army nullified strategic importance of Batumi, as well, since those two cities were links of the same economic and transportation chain.” This link was now broken.

https://civil.ge/archives/358559

Also this source in Georgian:

May 3, 1920: Georgian army entered Artvin On May 3, the Georgian army under the command of Bakhshibei Machabeli* entered the city of Artvini, the residents met with great joy. Georgian Muslims living in these places, where Georgian troops were not yet present, unanimously demanded their immediate arrival.
 * Bakhshibey Machabeli was the commander of the military unit of Akhaltsikhel Georgian Muslims.

According to the armistice signed in Brest-Litovsk on March 3, 1918, the Russian Empire withdrew from the World War. Russia has refused a large part of south-western Georgia, including Batumi, Artvin and Artaani. In the spring of 1918, parts of the Russian army left the mentioned territories, the Transcaucasian Federal Democratic Republic, which arose on the site of the Russian Empire, was unable to stop the Ottoman army, as a result of which the Ottoman army occupied a large part of the Akhaltsikhe and Akhalkalaki regions, in addition to the territories defined by the truce. After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the World War, Batumi District was occupied by the British military forces. At the beginning of 1920, the military forces of the Democratic Republic of Georgia occupied the cities of Artan and Mazra, and later, at the request of the population, troops entered the highlands of Adjara and Artvin. - Note to Republic 100 https://civil.ge/ka/archives/350177

Mnuan (talk) 14:32, 10 March 2024 (UTC)