RIA Novosti invites its readers to take a look at Georgia through the viewfinder of its photographer Alexei Kudenko.
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© RIA Novosti . Aleksei Kudenko
“Where merge Aragva and her twin,
Kura, and fast rush onward, in
Times past, a lonely cloister stood;
By fields, a dense and overgrown wood
Encircled 'twas.... A wayfarer,
Toiling uphill, will see what were
A gate and gateposts once and, too,
A church....”
Mikhail Lermontov wrote the poem “Mtsyri” (“The Novice”) about the place depicted in the photo.
Kura, and fast rush onward, in
Times past, a lonely cloister stood;
By fields, a dense and overgrown wood
Encircled 'twas.... A wayfarer,
Toiling uphill, will see what were
A gate and gateposts once and, too,
A church....”
Mikhail Lermontov wrote the poem “Mtsyri” (“The Novice”) about the place depicted in the photo.
The Jvari Monastery stands on top of a hill where the Kura and Aragva Rivers meet. It was here that Saint Nina Equal to the Apostles placed a cross.
Jvari, which ranks among the most noteworthy architectural masterpieces, became the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in Georgia.
The Svetitskhoveli Cathedral of the Georgian Orthodox Church in Mtskheta has been the main national cathedral for 1,000 years.
The Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta is listed among UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta.
Selling Soviet-era relics in central Tbilisi.
Selling Soviet-era relics in central Tbilisi.
Before the parliament building in Tbilisi.
People at a restaurant in Tbilisi.
