The Mghvimevi monastery craved out of the cliff near the mining town of Chiatura in western Georgia 0Archiv

Interior of orthodox Georgian Mghvimevi monastery carved out in cliff 0Archiv

Chiatura cityhall: a prominent example of stalinist architecture overlooking a river with cliffs in the background 0Archiv

Typical panel soviet apartment buildings of 1960s in post-soviet mining town of Chiatura in western Georgia 0Archiv

Gelati Monastery built in 1106 situated just out of town of Kutaisi in Georgia 0Archiv

11th-century orthodox Bagrati Cathedral in Kutaisi, Georgia 0Archiv

Overlook of extremely polluted manganese mining site in Chiatura, Georgia 0Archiv