BORZHOM, a town in the Georgian Socialist Soviet Re public, on the Kura river in a gorge of the Little Caucasus. Lat. 41° 48' N., Long. 43° Io' E. Alt. 2,75oft. Pop. (1926) 5,243. It is a popular health and summer resort, with a warm, mild climate, hot springs (7I3°-82°F.), and beautiful parks, and is popularly called "The Pearl of the Caucasus." Its mineral waters are bottled and exported.