The town of Kazreti, nestled in the picturesque mountains of Georgia near the border with Armenia, once boasted a cinema, a bank, musical fountains, two schools and a kindergarten.
Dance ensembles and volleyball teams from across the Soviet Union would come to perform and compete, and central heating and electricity were free.
But after the Soviet Union’s collapse in the 1990s, he said, everything also came crashing down in Kazreti.
No longer supported by the Soviet command economy, the unprofitable local gold and copper mines and an enrichment plant were shut, putting hundreds of people out of work.
Now there is just one school in the town and the cinema and bank have closed.
Persons:
”, Davit Jakeli
Locations:
Kazreti, Georgia, Armenia, Soviet Union, Tbilisi, Soviet