It was known to the Genoese merchants and the Gagra harbour might have been used by them. The name "Gagra" appeared for the first time on a map in 1308, on a map of the Caucasus made by the Italian Pietro Visconti, which is now in the Library of Saint Mark in Venice.

Gagra within the Russian Empire

In the 16th century, Gagra and the rest of western Georgia were conquered by the Ottoman Empire. The

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