Fortress city Redut-Kale

Redut-Kale was founded by the Russians in 1804 as a fortress city on the Black Sea coast, at the mouth of the Khopi River, 17 versts north of Poti. Its purpose was to protect Megrelia from Turkish invasions. After the collapse of the Russian Empire, the city was renamed Kulevi. Currently, the settlement of Kulevi is located here, which is part of the Khobi municipality of the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of Georgia. In 2008, an oil loading terminal was opened here for the transportation of Caspian oil.