Oct 6, 2008 - Day Trip to Gori

October 6, 2008 Monday – Tbilisi/Gori Today our group was scheduled for a Tbilisi city tour. ... Having taken this tour twice over the last two decades, I readily agreed to take an independent daytrip to Gori, the town where Stalin was born that is a short hour northwest of Tbilisi. ... Prior to two months ago, the primary reason for visiting Gori was to view one of the few remaining Stalin statues in the former Soviet Union and have a look at other Stalin memorabilia. ... However, in late August, 2008, Gori was one of the Georgian towns that was cluster bombed by Russia during an invasion of Georgia in an attempt to wrest away the Georgian province of South Ossetia with the goal of reuniting it with Putin’s new Russian Empire. ... The government is trying to give an apppearance of normalcy in areas like Gori that the Russians shelled but did not occupy. ...

Jan 15, 2008 - Gori ("Stalin-town")

Gori es "Stalin-town". ... Todo gira alrededor de Stalin.Gori es "Stalin-town". ... Todo gira alrededor de Stalin....

Sep 19, 2005 - De Batumi, quelques petits instantanes (Andre)

Il me faut tellement de temps a telecharger des photos que je laisse l'ecriture a Michel.Il me faut tellement de temps a telecharger des photos que je laisse l'ecriture a Michel....