Georgia travel expectations vs reality 🇬🇪 Spoiler: it's not as cheap as they claim

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#travel #eurasia #europe #centralasia #caucasus #georgia #tbilisi #kutaisi #batumi #wanderlust

"Many #libraries and #archives have begun digitizing their collections; whether that be manuscripts, periodicals, rare books, or private archives. Below you’ll find a list of #digitizedcollections, categorized by country, that contain material related to the study of #NorthAfrica, the #MiddleEast, the #Caucasus, and #SouthAsia."
#DigitalHumanities

https://www.arsheef.org/digitized-collections

The disinformation campaign against the #Katyn massacre appears to be part of a wider Russian effort to rewrite history.

Circassian émigré organisations have published an open letter protesting against a film broadcast on state media which distorts the history of the conquest of the #Caucasus in the 19th century – as a reminder, the Russian military campaign lasted almost half a century and resulted in the extermination of 95% of the region’s indigenous population.

Most were massacred, whilst some fled to Turkey (“muhajir”). The contemporary Russian narrative first portrays the Circassian peoples themselves almost as savage subhumans to justify their conquest, and then speaks of “voluntary migration” and “geopolitical misfortune” when describing what was in fact #genocide and exile.

Added to this, of course, is Russia as the “bearer of civilisation” (Putin even enshrined this in the constitution in 2020).

Details: https://habze.life/en/circassian-organizations-in-turkey-stand-against-attempts-to-distort-the-history-of-circassia/

Sanatorium Tbilisi, Georgia. Inside the central courtyard lies an oasis, encircled by Soviet concrete. Palm trees surround a central fountain, flanked by columns.

https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/leisure/sanatorium-tbilisi-tskaltubo-georgia/

#UrbanExploration #Abandoned #Decay #Caucasus #History #AbandonedPlaces #Photography

#CatchOfTheDay
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:

"Transkaukasia: Andeutungen über das Familien- und Gemeindeleben und die socialen Verhältnisse einiger Völker zwischen dem Schwarzen und Kaspischen Meere" by August Haxthausen

[Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1856]

http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/100672

#armenia #caucasus

The Caucasus countryside nobody's talking about yet 🐄🏔️

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East Prigorodny conflict - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Prigorodny_conflict

#til #history #Caucasus #russia

RaiNews: G7, il piano di Tajani: "Nessuna distrazione sull’Ucraina, ma il Golfo è un’emergenza globale"

Dalla ministeriale di Parigi il titolare della Farnesina lancia l'allarme sull'escalation in Medio Oriente: "Effetti dal Caucaso all'Europa". L'Italia spinge per un vertice con i Paesi arabi e conferma il pugno duro contro Mosca e i suoi alleati

G7, Tajani’s plan: “No distractions on Ukraine, but the Gulf is a global emergency.”

From the Paris ministerial, the Foreign Minister launches the alarm about escalation in the Middle East: “Effects from the Caucasus to Europe.” Italy is pushing for a summit with Arab countries and confirms a hardline stance against Moscow and its allies.

#Tajani #Ukraine #Paris #theMiddleEast #Caucasus #Europe #Italy #Moscow

https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2026/03/g7-il-piano-di-tajani-nessuna-distrazione-sullucraina-ma-il-golfo-e-unemergenza-globale-0cc8ec67-71c5-47f2-a7aa-2086a51b5249.html