Svaneti Series | Temraz Nizharadze – The last director of the collective farm of Ushguli (Georgia) Temraz Nizahradze was head of the Ushguli collective farm for the last two years before the collapse of the Soviet system. Agriculture and cattle breeding has always secured the livelihoods of the …

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Svaneti Series | The snow catastrophe of winter 1986/87 The article series „Svaneti Series“ (distributed via Twitter @doinggeography) provides insights and analyses of the histoircal region of Svaneti in Georgia social life from a geographic…

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The Svans as members of the ‚Oriental Other‘ in the Soviet film „Salt for Svanetia“ (1930) by Mikhail Kalatozov | A visual commentary (Part II) In Mikhail Kalatozov’s ‚Salt for Svaneti‘, it is already apparent in the subtitles of the opening scenes that the culture of the Svans is isolated from civilization because of the…

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The Svans as members of the ‚Oriental Other‘ in the Soviet film „Salt for Svanetia“ (1930) by Mikhail Kalatozov | A visual commentary (Part II)
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The Svans as members of the ‚Oriental Other‘ in the Soviet film „Salt for Svanetia“ (1930) by Mikhail Kalatozov | A visual commentary (Part I) One of Sergei Tretyakov’s most famous works is the film „Salt for Svanetia“ (1930), for which he wrote the screenplay together with director Mikhail Kalatozov. Today, ‚Salt …

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The Svans as members of the ‚Oriental Other‘ in the Soviet film „Salt for Svanetia“ (1930) by Mikhail Kalatozov | A visual commentary (Part I) #Soviet #history
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SvanetiSeries | Gottfried Merzbacher (1843-1926) in Svaneti – The Country and Its People Merzbacher’s Contribution to European Exploration of the Caucasus Gottfried Merzbacher (* 9 December 1843 in Baiersdorf near Erlangen; † 14 April 1926 in Munich) was a German geographer, alpi…

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#SvanetiSeries | Gottfried #Merzbacher (1843-1926) in Svaneti – The Country and Its People
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Svaneti Series | Temraz Nizharadze – The last director of the collective farm of Ushguli (Georgia) Temraz Nizahradze was head of the Ushguli collective farm for the last two years before the collapse of the Soviet system. Agriculture and cattle breeding has always secured the livelihoods of the …

#SvanetiSeries | Temraz Nizharadze – The last director of the collective farm of #Ushguli #Georgia
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Svaneti Series | The Mountain Villages of Upper Svaneti in Georgia | An Overview The article series „Svaneti Series“ (distributed via Twitter @doinggeography) provides insights and analyses of the histoircal region of Svaneti in Georgia social life from a geographic…

#SvanetiSeries | The Mountain Villages of Upper #Svaneti in #Georgia | An Overview
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Svaneti Series | Inheritance law and land distribution in Svaneti still follows traditional role concepts The film „My neighbor Ana“ gives a small insight into conflicts currently typical for Svaneti at the fault line between modernity and tradition. These lines of conflict do not only run …

#SvanetiSeries | Inheritance law and land distribution in #Svaneti #Georgia still follows traditional role concepts
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Svaneti Series | Traditional customs & habits – The Svan house and the role of the man The article series „Svaneti Series“ (distributed via Twitter @doinggeography) provides insights and analyses of the histoircal region of Svaneti in Georgia social life from a geographic…

#SvanetiSeries | Traditional customs & habits – The Svan house and the role of the man #Svaneti #Georgia
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Svaneti Series | Towers, mountains, sickles and hammers – different perspectives on the question of what is part of the cultural heritage of a community. Ushguli is a village community located in the Upper Svaneti region in the north of Georgia. Since its attainment of UNESCO World Heritage status in 1996 and the establishment of secure state struct…

#SvanetiSeries | Towers, mountains, sickles and hammers – different perspectives on the question of what is part of the cultural heritage of a community. #Ushguli #Georgia
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