History, Archaeology, Ethnography
After realization of peasant reform as it took place in everywhere, in Samtskhe-Javaketi too a wide road was opened for the development of capitalist manufacture. The lack of railroad prevented of the normal development of capitalism in this region mostly in trading. Akhaltsikhe played the role of a trading centre with the outworld, but after appearing Batumi and Poti ports foreign trade went to the sea and the role of Akhaltsikhe threw down.
Thus, before the peasant reform and appearing of Batumi and Poti ports Akhaltsikhe had advantages in Georgian foreign trade. After that the superiority of foreign trade goes to the mentioned ports and Akhaltsikhe stays as the centre of inland trade.
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