The '''Batum ''oblast'''''{{efn|{{bulleted listbulletedlist|{{Langlang-ru|Бату́мскаяБатумская о́бластьобласть|translit=BatúmskayaBatumskaya óblastoblast}}| {{lang-trIPA|Batumru|bətʊmskəjə Oblastıɐbɫəsʲtʲ|}}|{{lang-ka|ბათუმის ოლქი|tr}} {{IPA|ka|b̥atʰumis olkʰi|}}}}}} was a province (''[[oblast]]'') of the [[Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917)|Caucasus Viceroyalty]] of the [[Russian Empire]], with the [[Black Sea]] port of Batum (present-day [[Batumi]]) as its administrative center. The Batum ''oblast'' roughly corresponded to most of present-day southwestern [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], and part of the [[Artvin Province]] of [[Turkey]].{{sfn|Tsutsiev|2014}}
