🆕🏛️🇬🇪 New location feature: Former Soviet Pioneer Palace, Chiatura, Georgia

Built in the 1960s, serving as a culture and education centre it included a theatre a small museum dedicated to local history & industry.

After the Soviet Union collapse in 1991, the mines closed and the town population declined. The Pioneer Palace fell into disrepair.

🔗 https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/leisure/former-soviet-pioneer-palace-chiatura-georgia/
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#Georgia #Chiatura #AbandonedPlaces #Photography

🏛️🇬🇪 High on a hillside above Chiatura, Georgia, a grand Soviet building stands in ruin. Its curved front and rows of columns still overlook the town in the slopes and valley below. Inside are the fragile remains of a theatre, the roof long since collapsed.

Full feature live Saturday at 8pm (UK)

#Georgia #Chiatura #Ruins #History

🆕🚡🇬🇪 New location feature: Soviet Cable Car Network, Chiatura, Georgia

The cable car network in Chiatura is a remnant of Soviet industrial infrastructure. Built in 1954, it linked the manganese mines in the surrounding hills with the town below. For decades this system transported miners, ore, and residents across steep terrain.

Full write-up and gallery now live:
👉 https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/industrial/soviet-cable-car-network-chiatura-georgia/
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#Georgia #Chiatura #AbandonedPlaces #UrbanExploration #Photography #Soviet #History #Travel #Urbex

🚡🇬🇪 High above a Georgian mining town, rusting cable cars hang motionless on their lines. Built to carry miners and ore across the mountains, these small metal cabins were nicknamed "metal coffins" by the those that once used them for their daily commute.

Nowadays, the cable car network is under renovation. But, some relic cars and Soviet Modernist stations can still be explored.

Full feature live Saturday 8pm (UK)
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#Georgia #Chiatura #History #Photography #Explore #AbandonedPlaces #Urbex

Protests in Chiatura, Georgia’s rank in the Democracy Index, an international investigation into a scam center in the country, an attack on a Georgian comedian in The Netherlands, the Afghan Sadygov case, and much more!

Listen to the full stories and more in the latest episode of the Update! Link in bio @rorshokgeorgia

#chiatura #democracy #democracyindex #comedian #scam #callcenter #netherlands #georgiasecurity #GeorgiaNews #ExpatsInGeorgia #ემიგრაციასაქართვე #ბათუმი #georgia

So, meine lieben Hopper🐷 und Süß🐭: es ist angerichtet.

Zum heutigen #floodlightfriday und #frivolerFreitag entführt euch der Kaukasusbeauftragte auf seiner Kulturtour an einen Ort, der euch hocherotisch berühren wird. Die Hände bleiben über der Bettdecke und dann wünschen wir euch auch schon viel Spaß mit dem Spiel

04.05.2023 FC Chiatura – FC Zana
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#groundhopping #Fussball #football #thechickenbaltichronicles #Georgien #Georgia #Chiatura #lostplace

The #chiatura miners strike that went on for most of June has come to an end with key demands being met by the company. Pretty inspiring in a context where labour unions are not very present but community and solidarity are ripe.

https://oc-media.org/chiatura-miners-strike-ends-after-company-caves-on-key-demands/