Rustavi, Georgia. 2004.
Built during the Soviet era as an industrial city,

Rustavi's decayed apartment blocks rise jarringly from the plain

Photos of Chris Smith: http://www.ca-smith.net/geo_011.html

Articles of Chris Smith:

Baku-Ceyhan: the geopolitics of oil The oil pipeline connecting Azerbaijan and Turkey via Georgia is operating after years of protest. Will it heal or intensify the conflicts of the southern

The Hotel Iveria (photo essay)Following the Abkhazia war in 1992-93, the government moved hundreds of internally displaced families into the Hotel Iveria, a five-star hotel during the Soviet era. It was supposed to be a temporary move, but it soon became home. Caucasus?

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