The Approach Road: it leads to a mountainous village, where the continuous rain of the springtime enhances the feeling of aimlessness and lost time.
On April 9th, 1991, following a national referendum, the Georgian Supreme Soviet declared the independence of Georgia from the Soviet Union. Within weeks, Zviad Gamsaxurdia, Georgia’s first popularly elected President, promised a brighter future for this fledgling mountainous republic. Twelve years later, Georgians tell a story of fear of civil war, economic collapse and impoverishment.
Disappearing Villages in Georgia