sentences:  On March 17, the Menshevik and Soviet representatives agreed to a ceasefire and joined their efforts to recover Batumi.On March 18, the leadership of the DRG left Georgia by the French ship Ernest Renan.By the Moscow-dictated Treaty of Kars with Turkey (October 13, 1921), Georgia had to abandon its claims on Artvin and Ardahan provinces in return for Batumi granted autonomous status within Soviet Georgia.