26 November 2020 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Tskhinvali balcony © Alaexis/cc-by-sa-4.0
Tskhinvali is a city in the independent region of
South Ossetia,
Georgia Transcaucasia and the capital of the
Republic of South Ossetia (which has been
recognised by the
Russian Federation and four other UN member states only) and the former
Soviet Georgian South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast. The city had been administratively divided into the
region (mkhare) of
Shida Kartli by
Georgia after the revocation of the autonomous oblast. It’s located on the
Great Liakhvi River approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of the Georgian capital
Tbilisi.
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23 November 2020 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks, UNESCO World Heritage
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Changing skyline of Batumi © flickr.com – jagermesh/cc-by-sa-2.0
Georgia is a
country in the
Caucasus region of
Eurasia. Located at
the crossroads of
Western Asia and
Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the
Black Sea, to the north by
Russia, to the east by
Azerbaijan, and to the south by
Armenia and
Turkey. The
capital and
largest city is
Tbilisi. Georgia covers a territory of 69,700 square kilometres (26,911 sq mi), and its approximate population is about 4 million. Georgia is a
unitary parliamentary republic, with the government elected through a
representative democracy.
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