New Athos
The 1906 Bolshevik raid on the "Tsarevich Giorgi" took place on September 20, 1906 (Julian calendar) when "Tsarevich Giorgi", 2,200 ton steamship measuring 285 feet led by captain Sinkevich, was travelling from Odessa to Batum carrying vast amounts of money. The ship stopped off at Novorossiysk, Sukhum and New Athos for wage deliveries. Twenty-five Bolshevik gunmen led by Joseph Stalin slipped aboard armed with Mausers and grenades. At 1:15 am they and four renegade sailors took over the ship.