Sandro works as a guide at the Stalin museum in Gori, which is located right behind the historical house where the Soviet dictator was born. Sandro is not the first in his family to do this job, as his mother has been a guide there for many years, too. He…
Category: Georgia
Mariam is a wine guide at Giuaani, in Kakheti, Georgia’s ground zero for winemaking. The resort was founded in 2010 by a former Georgian MP, but at the same site, there have been vineyards for centuries. The wine here is produced in the traditional Georgian way, using Qvevris, very large…
Otari (59) is standing here next to the memorial for the Georgians killed in Gori during the August 2008 war with Russia. Back then, he saw the Russian tanks rushing into his hometown, which is located just 30km away from the breakaway region of South Ossetia. It was the first…
