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My name is Melanie, and I am the creator of Savor & Yore. As you've probably gathered, I love food, and I really love history. My goal here is to help bring those two things to the forefront of your life and travels.

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When I tell you Georgians love bread – I mean it

გილოცაცთ საქართველოს დამოუკიდებლობის დღეს! Gilotsavt Saqartvelos tavisupleba!🇬🇪 Today is Georgian Independence Day. 102 years ago, Georgia declared independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of the Russian Revolution, and for the first time in 117 years, they were free. Only a few years later, they’d be invaded by the Red Army and absorbed into the Soviet Union by 1922. They’d continue to fight for independence for 70 more years until the Soviet Union’s dissolution in 1991. It would be hard. It would be bloody. But they’d persist.

While today technically honors the 1918 Act of Independence from the Russian Empire – it really speaks to the Georgian’s fight for freedom overall. However small, the cozy Caucasus slice of heaven is a proud and spirited nation that has had more than its fair share of trouble over the past several hundred years. From the Georgian–Seljuk wars to the Kruschev Protests, forced annexations, and the 2008 Russo-Georgian war, Georgians have fought tooth and nail for centuries for the right to speak, live, and believe freely. They’ve sacrificed their lives, land, the right to worship, and at many times, the right to their own language. Today that sacrifice is honored and remembered.

In honor of Georgia’s plight for independence over the centuries – here are some of my favorite photos I’ve taken over the past year from around the country.

I also put together a quick blog post with a few facts about Georgia which can be seen with the link in bio > stories & more
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