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The Symbolic End of The Romanovs 101 Years Later

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Today marks 100 years since the Red Army invaded G

Today marks 100 years since the Red Army invaded Georgia after just 3 years as an independent nation following 135 years under the Russian Empire. It’s a long way of saying that in the past 240 years, only 33 of them have involved a free Georgia. And of those 33, a handful have, and still do include occupation. It’s not really my place to talk about this stuff, honestly, I’m more of an observer. And in that respect, I can’t help but to think about this monument, known as the Georgian-Russian Friendship Monument. It was built in 1983 to commemorate 200 years since Georgia had been absorbed into the Russian Empire. A funny thought when you consider just how anti imperial the Soviet Union was. On the left side you’ll find loads to do with Georgian culture from folk singing to warriors and Svan towers; and on the right side, depictions of Soviet cosmonauts, Russian folk history and the likes. Its meaning was to symbolize the ongoing friendship, between Georgia and Russia, but like pretty much all Soviet mosaics - as much as I’m a sucker for them - served as propaganda and represented a friendship that never really existed. After all, just a smidge over 5 years later, the April 9th Tragedy happened in Tbilisi with unspeakable brutality. And nowadays, the Geo-Russo monument, now aptly called Gudauri View Point, sits a few kilometers from Russian occupied Samachablo or South Ossetia. Still a beautiful piece of art, and one that sure, depicts wonderful aspects of both cultures, but an ugly contrast to reality.
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Borano, or as I call it, the passionate lovechild

Borano, or as I call it, the passionate lovechild of all things cheese and butter; dairy coma in slurp form; cheese poetry, if you will. 😉 It highlights the two star players of just about every Adjarian staple and it goes like this: sulguni + piping hot butter = bowl of malty, salty, divine and heavenly Georgian fondue goodness.
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Georgia, you wild and wonderful place. You’ve pu

Georgia, you wild and wonderful place. You’ve pushed me and changed me and grown me and made me a whole new person and I love you for it. You’re a place that ignites, inspires and invigorates; from the buzzing, fusty corners of Tbilisi’s Dezerter to the chill-inducing-thought-provoking-stillness of Kazbegi to the storied family vineyards of Kakheti and the sleepy villages scattered on the slopes of Goderdzi pass and beyond. Nearly two years in I’m still one-hundred-percent-head-over-heels-full-tilt-totally-mad-out-of-this-world-teetotally-swooned.
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