02-22-2013, 01:26 AM
His 17th March 1938 dated passport lists his birthplace as Oni Region (North Central Georgia) so is not a native Adjarian. His residence is given as Batumi (capital of the Adjar ASSR) and there are some very interesting and obscure departmental NKVD stamps of the Adjar and Abkhaz ASSRs (due to his travels to Sukhumi, capital of the Abkhaz ASSR). A well worn 5 year passport.
"Signed with his own rubber stamp"
