Batumi Shota Rus tavel i State Uni ver s it y i s an important
educational, scientific and cultural centre of our country.
It has a 85-year-long history. The establishment and development
of the educational system in Adjara was a long-time endeavor
of the Georgian community. In 1945 the issue was raised to
open a Boy s ’ Gymnas ium in Batumi. The Muni c ipal it y of
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Boys’ Gymnasium at the seaside. The project was designed
by a mi l itary engineer Sedelnikov. The first floor of the
building allocated a gym while the second floor contained the church,
assembly hall, eight classrooms, art classroom, physics study-room, laboratory
and a library.