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Rare 1977 Trilingual Presentation Album: "Soviet Georgia" (Tbilisi)

For Caucasian historians, photobook collectors, and scholars of Georgian culture, this 1977 original Soviet hardcover presentation album is a luxury publication. Published in Tbilisi by the State Information Agency of the Georgian SSR (საქართველოს სახელმწიფო საინფორმაციო სააგენტო / Государственное информационное агентство Грузии), Soviet Georgia (საბჭოთა საქართველო / Советская Грузия) was designed as an official state showcase of the republic's cultural, architectural, and industrial achievements.

Bound in royal-blue cloth decorated with gold foil calligraphic typography in Georgian script, Cyrillic, and Latin letterforms, this volume features parallel text in Georgian, Russian, and English.

Architecture, Gold Antiquities, Winemaking & Brezhnev Era Photography

This photo album presents a visual survey of 1970s Georgia:

• Architecture & Urban Views: Color and monochrome plates of Old Tiflis, the Rustaveli Theatre facade, modern Tbilisi avenues, and Black Sea coastal resorts.

• Georgian Gold & Winemaking: Detailed photography of ancient Colchis gold jewelry, museum artifacts, Kakhetian wine cellars (marani), and tea harvesting machinery (Sakartvelo).

• Transportation & Industry: Photos of Black Sea hydrofoils (Kometa), mountain highway engineering, and agricultural tractor fleets.

• State Documentation: Features an opening portrait plate of CPSU General Secretary L. I. Brezhnev in full military honors.

Complete Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: საბჭოთა საქართველო / Советская Грузия / Soviet Georgia

• Publisher: State Information Agency of the Georgian SSR (Tbilisi)

• Publication Date: 1977 (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)

• Languages: Georgian, Russian, English (Trilingual parallel text)

• Binding: Original publisher's royal-blue cloth hardcover, gold foil typography

• Format: Large-format art paper photo album

• Classification: Soviet Photo Albums / Georgian SSR History / Caucasian Culture & Architecture

Condition & Preservation Report

• Exterior Condition: Original blue cloth boards are clean, flat, and rigid. Metallic gold foil cover typography remains sharp and distinct.

• Binding Integrity: Exceptionally firm, square, and tight text block with intact hinges.

• Page & Plate Quality: Interior art paper leaves and photographic prints are clean and unmarked, exhibiting uniform light cream age-toning. Free from marginal notation, library stamps, or owner signatures.

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