Stalin in Gori

The statue is enormous and dominates the centre of town. Gori's favourite son!

April 30th 2010
A monster was born on 18th December 1878 in the historical city of Gori, Shida Kartli Province west of Tbilisi in the beautiful country of Georgia. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, better known as Joseph Stalin. The man has become such a caricature of monstrosity, the murderer of countless millions, that it comes as a shock to visit the place of his birth and to see, still lovingly preserved, ... read more

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The region of present-day Georgia contained the ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Kartli-Iberia. The area came under Roman influence in the first centuries AD and Christianity became the state religion in the 330s. Domination by Persians, Arabs, and Tu... ... read more

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Geoffrey James Quartermaine Bastin

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I could be described as a flaneur - Dictionary definition: "an intellectual and physical wanderer, observer of life". I travel extensively in Asia, the Middle East and East Africa. My tales, stories and rants here are part fact/part fiction but, I hope, always stimulating and sometimes irritating. PLEASE don't take them too seriously - they are meant to inform but also to amuse and to get under your skin. I hope there's a bit of an "edge" in what I write sometimes. For those that take themselves over-seriously: it's a BLOG! Not "the Truth"... just my weird personal take on... full info

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