The state of the communication routes and postal and telegraph communications of the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus on the eve of the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878

In the course of the research the author studied the state of the road network of the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus, considered the issues of maritime communication in the context of the Russian Company of Navigation and Trade, the Black Sea coastal rowing flotilla, the peculiarities of postal and telegraphic communication with the nearest territories, with the administrative center of the Caucasus - Tiflis and the Kuban - Ekaterinodar. The article concludes that the poor condition, and in some areas the complete absence of communication routes, ensured the logistic isolation of the coast; the south-east was particularly affected. With the absolute superiority of the Turkish fleet on the Black Sea, the problem of poor communications could have negative consequences during the conduct of hostilities, under such conditions, Turkish landing operations posed a special danger.