fuckyeahghosttowns A tumblelog displaying places that were left behind.
Gagra in Georgia.(photo found on nevmenoz; submission by calamara)  20 years ago, everyone living in the Soviet Union dreamt of visiting this Heaven on Earth. Gagra was considered to be one of the most beautiful and most expensive vacation spots. But in the late 1980s, tensions grew between the Georgian and Abkhazian communities in the region. The Soviet Union collapsed. All-out war erupted between 1992-1993 which ended in a defeat of the Georgian government’s forces. Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Georgians were expelled from their homes in Abkhazia in an outbreak of mass ethnic cleansing in which thousands of Georgian civilians were massacred. Gagra and the Abkhazian capital Sukhumi were at the centre of the fighting and suffered heavy damage. People was and mainly still are afraid to visit this place. Although in recent years Gagra makes attempts to regain its status of fashionable resort, many buildings, pensions and hotels remain abondant. 

Gagra in Georgia.
(photo found on nevmenoz; submission by calamara) 

20 years ago, everyone living in the Soviet Union dreamt of visiting this Heaven on Earth. Gagra was considered to be one of the most beautiful and most expensive vacation spots.

But in the late 1980s, tensions grew between the Georgian and Abkhazian communities in the region. The Soviet Union collapsed. All-out war erupted between 1992-1993 which ended in a defeat of the Georgian government’s forces. Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Georgians were expelled from their homes in Abkhazia in an outbreak of mass ethnic cleansing in which thousands of Georgian civilians were massacred. Gagra and the Abkhazian capital Sukhumi were at the centre of the fighting and suffered heavy damage. People was and mainly still are afraid to visit this place. Although in recent years Gagra makes attempts to regain its status of fashionable resort, many buildings, pensions and hotels remain abondant.