Home > Explore the dramatic beauty of this forgotten Soviet-era town in Abkhazia

News
Explore the dramatic beauty of this forgotten Soviet-era town in Abkhazia

Description

Deserted by almost all of its residents during the Abkhaz-Georgian conflict, Akarmara is now just a shadow of the thriving mining town it once was. Once a prosperous town thanks to its mining production, it was once home to around 40,000 people. Now, the apartment blocks, schools, water towers and factories have been reclaimed by nature.

Added on the 30/10/2018 16:18:10 - Copyright : RT Ruptly EN

To customise your video :

Or Create an account

More videos on the subject

  • The "Old Country" of Goussainville, the small French town that refuses to be forgotten

    Goussainville (France), Aug 27 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Mario García Sánchez / Christophe Petit-Tesson) Just 15 kilometers from Paris, a small town refuses to fall into oblivion half a century after the construction of Charles Airport de Gaulle, a project that led 1,000 residents to abandon their homes under pressure from the French administration to demolish them. FOOTAGE FROM GOUSSAINVILLE'S "OLD COUNTRY" RESOURCE (VIEUX-PAYS)SOUNDBITES OF PHILIPPE VIEILLIARD, HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION IN DEFENSE OF THE PEOPLE AND SACRISTAN OF THE CHURCH OF SAINT-PAIERRE; AND OF PIERRE MURILLO, AN OLD NEIGHBOR, SON OF SPANISH REPUBLICAN PARENTS EXILE IN FRANCE.TRANSLATION:Vieilliard:1. "We'll see what he does. I don't know if we can be hopeful, but we're going to ask him to do something. So far he's been cleaning the streets a little better and even installed a second bell in the church. So that's a little sign, but it has to start out stronger than that. "2. Murillo: a lot of people believed what they were told, they were going to destroy the whole town, it was always small but very nice and fun, everyone knew each other around here

    27/08/2021 - EFE Inglés
  • Watch dramatic rescue of trapped dogs in Florence-hit North Carolina

    A man rescued howling dogs that were trapped in a flooded kennel in the town of Leland in storm-hit North Carolina. The dogs were safely evacuated to dry land and provided with food and shelter.

    17/09/2018 - RT Ruptly EN
  • Journey beneath the waves and explore Soviet time warp off Crimea

    Roughly 50 sculptures and busts of historical figures including Lenin, Stalin and Marx lie some 12 metres beneath the surface of the Black Sea, off the coast of Tarkhankutsky National Park in western Crimea. Said to have been founded shortly after the collapse of the USSR, the underwater museum also features a mini Eiffel Tower and Tower Bridge. Factories and other organisations supposedly gifted many of the busts of Soviet leaders found at the site.

    03/05/2018 - RT Ruptly EN
  • Scene of Israeli strikes on vehicles in southern Lebanese town

    Rescue workers and locals clear debris after two Israeli strikes hit the southern Lebanese town of Shehabiya. Lebanon's official National News Agency said two cars were struck by "enemy warplanes", reporting casualties. IMAGES

    16/04/2024 - AFPTV - First images
  • Obama attends arrival ceremony in Laos

    U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

    06/09/2016 - Reuters EN

More videosNews

Watch video of  - DemainEntreprendre - épisode 12 - Label : Economie wallonne -
News

DemainEntreprendre - épisode 12

29/04/2021 12:55:32