The exposition can be viewed with a ticket to the National Museum of Georgia, this is part of it. In fact, the exhibits tell about the repressions under the Soviet government. There are similar museums in Russia (for example, the Varlam Shalamov Museum), and in Moldova, and in other post-Soviet countries. Here in Tbilisi, of course, the emphasis is on the Georgian context, on the history of local resistance, the national liberation movement, the number of people shot and deported from Georgia. It was interesting to learn more about the attempts of Georgians to create their own independent state after the 1917 revolution.
There is a completely strained opinion about the composition in the museum, it's not even a museum, it's an installation of what torture chambers would look like, some doors from the cells, documents about Georgia's independence (naturally, with the support of the ambassadors of England and France, everyone was eager for Baku oil). The description on the walls about the actions of counterrevolutionary figures. The proletarian slogans against the background of red banners and barbed wire are a mockery. Rambling copies of letters on the walls, prisoners' correspondence. There is no hesitation in talking about the help of Britain, Germany and France, about the work of their resentment in Georgia, unexpectedly approaching (jumping from the 1920s to the 1970s) the work of the resentment of Amnesty International and the United States, the coming to power of Gamsakhurdia. Then a video series about the conflict in Abkhazia. It looks crumpled, incoherent, perhaps for weak minds, and there is a wow effect. A thinking person will remain with mixed feelings. It is clear that there was a certain black page in the history of beautiful and beautiful Georgia, but everything is very incoherent, taken out of context.
It is a very important place to look at such a phenomenon as the USSR through the eyes of a people who did not aspire to it.
It is a pity that the exposition is small — this topic deserves more reflection and it is difficult to fit everything into one room
It is a very correct place, it must be known, understood and remembered. The exposition is done very well, emotionally and informatively. Do not miss the balcony, there are documents, historical evidence, the fate of people. I'm from Russia, from Moscow.
Russians who have illusions about the sanctity of the Soviet regime should definitely visit this place! The ticket price in rubles is about 800 rubles. Be prepared that the entire exposition is in Georgian and English. Learn international!
GEL 30 is on 08/14.24.
Interesting facts about the USSR, the NKVD, the MGB. A person should know all sides of history, both good and bad, and we draw our own conclusions.
A wonderful museum, you can see for yourself by looking at reviews from Russian citizens of this museum here in Yandex, who say that everything is a lie and a fake, and history has been rewritten 😂
And what needs to be done? That's right, read the archival documents that never lie and which are abundantly presented in this museum 👌🏼
A small exhibition in the National Museum tells about the Sovietization of Georgia, about the struggle for Georgia's independence during this period.
Russian Russian is OK, but for sure many Russian tourists can't read it in English.
I recommend that you go and see an alternative view of the Development of Georgia. There are documents and photos. Who is interested in history and wants to learn new things.
Those who are ready to accept such information will like it. There are a lot of distortions in my opinion. Georgia received a lot of preferences in the Soviet years, unlike the regions of Russia.
This is not a museum, but an exhibition at the National Museum of Georgia.
Of course, I didn't learn a lot of new things. What we call repression, they call occupation. However, maybe this is an occupation in our country.
A very cozy table of the NKVD official, at which you just want to start a case or sign a firing list.
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Виталий Голубовский
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May 25, 2022
What was the occupation during the Soviet period? Don't rewrite history, you shamefacers. Ask your grandfathers, dreamers