Like other former Soviet Republics, Georgia has a long and complicated history with its formerly imperial neighbour. By Joel Day. 18:22, Wed, Mar 8, 2023 | UPDATED: 10:20, Thu, Mar 9, 2023.

The Caucasus nation this week considers initial measures to chip away at corruption.

"The Soviet Union has been split." The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 remade the world map and upended global politics. Fifteen countries were produced, and power shifted across Europe and Asia.

Even so, the Soviet maps are strangely attractive and very well made, even by modern standards. “I continue to be in awe of the people who did this,” Davies says. 2:21.

Monday`s quake in Soviet Georgia, which measured 7.1 on the Richter scale, killed at least 80 people, injured 500, destroyed 40 schools and six […] Skip to content All Sections ...

Over the past three decades, Georgia, a country of 3.6 million, has been one of the most pro-West of the former Soviet states. Polls still show that more than 60 percent of its residents favor ...