These are pictures taken in South Ossetia in August, 2008.
Sauna
And this it the way the republic looks like today. This is downtown Tskhinvali. Roads are in terrible condition, water is pumped just twice a day.
In November, 2011 people of South Ossetia elected their president. Over 5,000 votes came to Alla Dzhioyeva. However, the elections were declared invalid and new elections are scheduled for March, 2012. The easiest way to receive the majority of votes is to promise to repair the republic’s destroyed infrustructure but it looks like nobody’s really interested in that.
The city’s theater turned into a public restroom.
Happy New Year, people.
A tank’s turret.
The city’s streets.
The new sports stadium is the only comfort of local young people.
What’s remained after the city’s railway.
Tskhinvali’s suburbs.
“Great sons of God in the book of life”. What does it mean?
Location: Tskhinvali Region
via photopolygon.com, anastasia-tim
Whats the point of holding these elections! The South is eventually going to merge with North-Ossetia anyway.
It’s called democracy.
Democracy? It’s a myth.
I just mentioned Ossetia will be unified. So keep the interim government in the south until then and then hold elections for the new unified Ossetian government.
Democracy is a pretty crappy thing if you have power – the people won’t let you have lots of money, won’t let you play with metal trains and tanks, won’t let you kill people and won’t make pretty cars for you to ride with your best friends!
There is a huge contrast between South and North Ossetia. Just look at the roads for one thing.
Isn’t it just great that Russia liberated this country from the evil Georgian invaders so that it would be free to prosper and blossom?
These photos make me want to move there.
Iraq is also so much better after the American invasion.
^this.
I love the way Russians explain everything by “USA is evil too”.
The world would be so much better without both.
Yeah I want to move to Afghanistan it is so nice after USA invasion. It much nicer after soviet invasion defeated by talibs and after talibs defeated by the USA. Now it blossoms.
stay in your freezer… no is in georgia your place
Nationalism’s/patriotism’s pathetic, bitter harvest.
Photo #5… dude’s not feeling it ay. He’s even wearing crocs.
When you think you have it bad, look at this.
Living in the West, you live better than 99% of the rest of the world.
Hard living, everyone looks like they are 100 years old.
Depressing…
I think you mean that when you live in the west, you THINK you live better thatn 99% of the rest of the world.