„When I was watching the news that night and this central committee guy announced that we could travel abroad from now on, I could not believe it. I thought it was a mistake. But the next day we went to the border fence and my husband started cutting it with…
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Nata works in a stylish design shop called Funduki in the old Chugureti district of Tbilisi. Visibly proud, she stressed that they only sell products designed and produced in Georgia. She also sports a tattoo on her right arm, which is very important to her. It shows the official borders…
When I last met him, Zurab from Tbilisi was enjoying life after having recently quit his job. After his business studies in Tbilisi, Zurab found a job in the old industrial town of Kryvyi Rih/Krivoy Rog in Ukraine. A few years later, he moved on to the next post-Soviet industrial…
Gigi is an architect, and founder of Fabrika, probably the most popular creative space in Tbilisi. It features a hostel, restaurants, boutiques, bars, co-working spaces, studios etc. and offers a calendar of workshops, exhibitions, flea markets, music festivals, social events. And all this is set in an old Soviet sewing…
Olga moved to Tbilisi two years ago. A native of Belgorod (Russia), she lived most of her life in Moscow but grew increasingly tired of the megapolis, its harsh weather, the aggressiveness of many people there. More and more of her close friends moved to Tbilisi and when she visited…