| On the first weekend of December, Babett and I took a little trip to Georgia. Due to short days and uncooperative train and bus schedules, we did not get to see much of charming Tblisi by day, but we did take a bunch of cool night shots of the city. Also, a day-trip to the Stalin museum in Gori, and to a nearby town. |
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The birthplace of christianity in Georgia 1200x900 02_Famous_church.JPG |
On Saturday we went to the town of Gori, whose most famous native son was Joseph Stalin. The atmosphere in the museum was interesting to say the least, only the positive aspects of one of history's two most brutal dictators were shown. Still, the museum tells a very intersting tale of how a poor son of shoe-maker can rise to power, and in just over 30 years transform a huge nation from basically an agrarian society to a nuclear power (paraphrasing Churchill's words) 1200x900 04_Stalin's_museum_in_Gori.JPG.jpg |
Gifts for Stalin's 70th birthday in 1949: the plate is from Poland, the wooden shoes from the Netherlands, the wood carving from Lebanon, the cup from Germany 1200x900 05_Gifts_for_Stalin.JPG |
Kind of creepy 1200x900 06_Death_mask.JPG |
They built the structure above it to preserve the little house 1200x900 07_Stalin's_birthplace.JPG.jpg |
He traveled in this during the war 1200x900 08_Stalin's_armored_railcar.JPG.jpg |
He probably talked strategy with his generals here. 1200x900 09_Main_room_in_car.JPG |
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No pictures allowed in the church, but I had to take this one 1256x1307 12_Scary_Jesus.JPG |
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