I bring you guys an interesting place I found a number of years ago while browsing the internet. This is a wonderful place called "Abkhazia" and lies in the country of Georgia.

Literally a large number of former Soviet cities lie in ruins, at least three from just these articles.

I shall attempt to limit the number of photos, and will upload 1, maybe 2 favorites from each.

I apologize if it seems spammy with post length but MY GOD. You guys NEED to see this place.

Here are links to the articles I got the photos from;

http://englishruss...otive/#more-132604

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http://englishruss...itute/#more-131828

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http://englishruss...ill-2/#more-101281

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http://englishruss...bkhazia/#more-5223

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http://englishruss...-empire/#more-2035

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http://englishruss...iet-era/#more-1240


And now I'll post my favorites from their sets, since I haven't been there myself....yet!

EDIT; Damn it it stopped working after I refreshed the page, maybe hotlink protection. I digress, check them out for yourselves.

and despite their age, some of these trains can ACTUALLY be started up and driven down the rails. I wouldn't recommend it of course but it's amazing to say the least!

There is a reason those towns are empty... If you enjoy exploring in a war zone then sure, sounds like a great place to go. But I am not sure if getting shot or stumbling upon mines is my idea of an ideal exploration destination.

still looks pretty tho. It'll change when the war is over eventually :V

Posted by Collaro still looks pretty tho. It'll change when the war is over eventually :V

Plastic land mines are forever...

which is why you ask the locals first. Pretty sure they'll realise where not to go after a fair few have been blown up, and by then they'll have signs and fences that blatantly say where NOT to go. People tend to put these up. Already did when the war in Iraq was over, there were fences, signs, and basically posts up to keep everyone safe after that.

Posted by Collaro which is why you ask the locals first. Pretty sure they'll realise where not to go after a fair few have been blown up, and by then they'll have signs and fences that blatantly say where NOT to go. People tend to put these up. Already did when the war in Iraq was over, there were fences, signs, and basically posts up to keep everyone safe after that.

Maybe in a perfect world. You want to go where most tourists don't go. One Oz of HE can ruin your whole life in milliseconds.

while I do agree with that statement, think of the SHEER NUMBER of people there is going through those places. Not just photographers, but likely the local youth. They're going to cordon off dangerous spots anyways.

Posted by Collaro while I do agree with that statement, think of the SHEER NUMBER of people there is going through those places. Not just photographers, but likely the local youth. They're going to cordon off dangerous spots anyways.

You can't warn someone about something you don't know about. Anytime you go into a former war zone you take a chance. The less traveled the area is, the greater the risk. Unless you live near there it's just not worth it anyway.

well yeah, I suppose. still the intent was to point out how pretty it is, not how easy it would be to blow up

That's awesome, thanks for posting.

These images are intriguing, and are beautifully photographed. I'd supposed that the name "Abkhazia" was fictional; but it checks out, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abkhazia . A marvelous history to not be involved in.

Posted by Collaro while I do agree with that statement, think of the SHEER NUMBER of people there is going through those places. Not just photographers, but likely the local youth. They're going to cordon off dangerous spots anyways.

Not every country is like the USA or Canada, which goes out of its way to protect stupid people by putting up signs and fences. In much of the rest of the world, danger isn't signed or fenced off.

You'd be surprised what passes for safe and/or dangerous in this country. It's all a matter of context.

More to the point, those are neat places. I would love to see something like this. But, then again, I have really good life insurance to make up for my screaming lack of common sense : )