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The Artvin Okrug was a district (okrug) of the Batum Oblast of the Russian Empire, existing between 1878 and 1918. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, the town of Artvin, presently part of the Artvin Province of Turkey. The okrug bordered with the Olti Okrug to the south, the Ardahan Okrug to the east, the Batum Okrug to the north, and the Ottoman Empire to the west. Between 1883 and 1903, the Artvin Okrug formed a part of the Kutaisi Governorate.