MiGs, Stars & Magic Books: A Brief History of Trespassing in Moscow
An illustrated guide to urban exploration in the Russian capital.
Thursday 12 October 2017

War Memorial, Chiatura.
Details unknown.

War Memorial on the road near Chokhatauri.
Details unknown.

War memorial between Zugdidi and Anaklia.
Details unknown.

Memorial of Georgian Warrior Heroes, Gori.
Sculptor: Giorgi Ochiauri, 1981-1985.
Moved from Tbilisi to Gori Fortress in 2009.

Victory Monument, Gori.
Architect: Vakhtang Davitaya
Sculptor: Elguja Amashukeli
Completed: 1979

Memorial dedicated to Treaty of Georgievsk, Gudauri.
(Russia-Georgia Friendship Monument)
Architect: George Chakhava
Artists: Zurab Kapanadze, Zurab Lezhava & Nodar Malazonia
Completed: 1983.

Monument in Khobi.
Details unknown.

“Glory to Labour” Monument, Kutaisi.
Vakhtang Davitaya & Shota Bostanashvili, 1981.

Memorial of Nine Kherkheulidze Brothers, Marabda.
Shota Kavlashvili, Ramaz Kiknadze, L. Kvelidze & G. Gotua, 1969.

Monument to Heroes of the Great Patriotic War, Marneuli.
“And They Shall Grow!”
Architect: N. Bakradze
Sculptor: Merab Berdzenishvili
Completed: 1975

Memorial for Georgian Civil War Victims, near Nagomari.
Details unknown.

Memorial to Grigori Kokaia, Poti.
Architect: Vakhtang Davitaya
Sculptor: R. Khasia
Completed: 1981-1982

Monument to Hero Sailors, Poti.
Architect: Vakhtang Davitaya
Sculptor: Elguja Amashukeli
Completed: 1979

War memorial on the road near Rukhi.
Details unknown.

Chronicles of Georgia Monument, Tbilisi.
Sculptor: Zurab Tsereteli.
Construction began 1985, not yet completed.

Memorial to the Victims of the Events of April 9, Tbilisi.
Architect and date unknown.
*Not technically a Soviet-era monument, but related to the end of the Soviet period.

Monument in 9th April Park, Tbilisi.
Details unknown.

Monument to Galaktion Tabidze, Tbilisi.
Details unknown.

Monument to Saint Nino, Tbilisi.
Zurab Tsereteli, 1988-1994.

Monument to the Georgian Language, Tbilisi.
Architect: Elguja Amashukeli

The Tiger and the Knight, Tbilisi.
Architect: Elguja Amashukeli

War Memorial in Vake Park, Tbilisi.
Details unknown.

Mother Georgia Monument, Tbilisi.
Sculptor: Elguja Amashukeli
Completed: 1958

Wall of the Fallen, Tbilisi.
“Eternal Memory of the Heroes of the Revolution.”
Architects: G. Dzhaparidze, D. Sultanishvili, T. Tevzadze.
Sculptor: G. Shkhvatsabaya
Completed: 1981

War memorial in a cemetery between Tbilisi and Tskhvarichamia.
Details unknown.

War memorial on the road near Tskhrapona.
Details unknown.

Broken monument outside former Young Pioneer Camp, Tskhvarichamia.
Details unknown.

Monument to the 300 Aragvians, Zhinvali.
Details unknown.

Unknown monument near Zemo Mleta.

Monument to the Factory Founder, Zestafoni.
Details unknown.

Monument to the Fallen in the Great Patriotic War, Gagra.
Details unknown.

Monument to the Fallen in the Battles for the Liberation of Abkhazia, near Tamishi.
*Post-Soviet period.
Details unknown.

Memorial to the Fallen in the Great Patriotic War, Bzipi.
Details unknown.

Memorial to the Victims of the War (1992-1993), Bzipi.
*Post-Soviet period.
Details unknown.

Monument in the Park of Glory, Sukhumi.
Details unknown.

Monument to Ephraim Ashba, Sukhumi.
Details unknown.
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