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Tag Archives: Georgia
Georgia Again
The people I marked a bunch of passages in a couple of books and articles as I was preparing for this morning, and then thought that I would compile them and list them out, index-style. It’s an interesting thing, to … Continue reading
Focus on Georgia
Shevardnadze By late 1991, Georgia was engulfed in a terrible civil war, spurred on by the power-hungry Georgian leader Gamsakhurdia, who has since been compared to Macbeth. Driven by his own personal demons, holed up in his castle, surrounded by … Continue reading
Focus on Georgia
The collapse of the USSR Georgia is a country dominated by outsiders, surrounded by enemies. They have no identity as a modern state. They were emasculated on every level by 74 years of Soviet tyranny. As a friend of mine … Continue reading
Focus on Georgia
History The enclave country in the Caucasus Mountains. It’s another one of those countries which may be in complete and utter chaos right now, but they have memories of being an empire. And I mean memory as in cultural memory. … Continue reading