River along Georgian military highway, most probably the River Aragvi. This river tends to flow heavily in the Spring with the snow melt and significantly diminishes toward the summer This photo was taken in early summer.
Georgian millitary highway. A shepherd employed by the local collective farm herds his sheep through the village on the Georgian Military Highway. This road was closed for several months during the winter. This highway was first built by General...
Graveyard bordered by a stone wall along Georgian military highway.One of the graves is enclosed with an iron fence. Mix of Russian Orthodox and Muslim headstones. The Christian headstones were probably constructed in the 19th century before the...
Dry river bed along Georgian military highway, small agricultural settlement with fields probably used for wheat production. Beech trees are among the most common variety in this area allong with evergreens.
. Cultivated fields along Georgian military highway. Both in the valley and in the surrounding mountains One of the many agricultural settlements along the highway. A variety of crops appearss to be grown here.
Start of Georgian millitary highway from the north. The military highway runs from Vladikavkaz (in 1961, at the time of this trip known as Orjonikidze, a leading Georgian Bolshevik) to Tblisi, the capital of what is now the Georgian Republic. In...
Start of Georgian millitary highway. Bus stop. JMH opel caravan car.Further along the road and higher in the mountains, a local bus on right and a group of villagers inspecting jmh car which was then an extremem rarity in the Soviet Union.
Georgian millitary highway. Cows with collective farm herder herder Note the two forms of transport, combustion engine and horse.The truck is probably owned by the state farm. Travel by horse in the Caucasus continues into the 21st century....
Church and the small village of Ananuri on the Georgian military highway, about 60 kilometers north of Tbilisi, .Since this picture was taken a massive reservoir which supplies Tblisis with water has been constructed just below the church.
Another view of the settlement from the highway further up in the mountains, road and river appear to coincide at this point and boht serve as an orientation for the settlement and the surrounding fields.
View of a settlement from the highway up in the mountains, a lcear illustration of how the settlement is clustered along the highway. A patchwork of fields surrounds the settlement in which grain and hay (for the cattle in the wintertime) are...
Enterance to Kazbegi situated on the Georgian side of the Russo-Georgian border and home of the famous romantic Georgian novelist, Alexandre Kazbegi. Farmer seated on local breed of mountain horse. He is wearing a small Georgian cap common in...
Kazbegi. Administative building., people waiting outside, pig in foreground -- The fact that there are cars in front indicates the presence of officials.
Enterance to Kazbegi, Two figures on gateway, apparently Soviet style children with the one on the right saluting this might suggest a building that belongs to the youth organization os Soviet Pioneers. Sheep in foreground - sheep and pigs main...
