The troubled history of the railway along the north coast of the Black Sea, from Tuapse in Russia through Georgia to Batumi in Abkhazia. Provisional traffic on the first sections only started in 1918 and the line was not completed until 1954. Several wars have affected its construction and operation. At the time of writing, the Russian section was being upgraded for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games to be held at Sochi. Full text in English as well as Russian. Among the interesting photographs are some of Ganz-Mavag railcars and Baldwin Db20-91. 60 pages A4, 83 photograhps (many in colour), sb.