Three months into Russia’s bloody war in Ukraine, ordinary Georgians all across the country continue hanging Ukrainian flags and colors on their balconies, cars or workplaces in gesture of solidarity and support to their neighbors across the Black Sea.
Our own Otar Kobakhidze kept capturing Ukrainian symbols in Tbilisi, the capital and Kutaisi, chief west Georgian town over the spring:
Nodar Dumbadze State Youth Theater, Tbilisi
Canteen on Viktor Dolidze Street, TbilisiShop on Aghmashenebeli Avenue in Tbilisi, with the t-shirt featuring viral slogan “Russian warship, go f— yourself.”Announcement by the Catharsis Charity House, David Aghmashenebeli Aveue, TbilisiKekelidze Street, TbilisiA door, Vera neighborhood, TbilisiUkrainian flag handing from balcony, Vera neighborhood, tbilisiWine Factory, TbilisiPasanauri Restaurant, Baratashvili Street, TbilisiAghmashenebeli Avenue, TbilisiUkrainian flag flying in a private residence, Kutaisi old town, western GeorgiaElectricity wire in Kutaisi, western GeorgiaKutaisi central square, Meskhishvili TheaterTumanishvili Theater actors waving the Ukrainian banner following the play of “Kugelmass!”Chovelidze Street, TbilisiChovelidze Street, Tbilisi. The banner reads “Glory to Ukraine.”Red-Black banner, which for some symbolizes Ukraine’s struggle for independence while serving as nationalist symbol for others, flying from balconyon Chovelidze Street, TbilisiDisplay advertising on Tbilisi Concert HallAghmashenebeli Avenue, TbilisiMarket stall in Bazari Orbeliani, TbilisiBazari Orbeliani, TbilisiApril 9 massacre memorial outside the Parliament building, Tbilisi, with photos of Georgian fighters killed during Russia’s bloody invasion of Ukraine. The night of April 9/10, 2022Photograph of Maks Levin, Ukrainian photographer, at the April 9 memorial. Unarmed Levin was killed by invading Russian servicemen in March in Kyiv Oblast.Residential block on Vazha-Pshavela Avenue, TbilisiCar parts shop on Guramishvili Avenue, TbilisiEuropean University, Guramishvili Avenue, TbilisiBus stop featuring poster and bio of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Soviet Ukrainian sniper. Dozens of bus stops across Tbilisi showcase acclaimed women from Ukrainian history.Bus stop displaying photo and bio of Lesya Ukrainka, beloved Ukrainian writer and activist. Ukrainka was closely connected to Georgia where she lived and worked for 10 years, including in Tbilisi, Batumi, Telavi, Khoni, Kutaisi. She passed away in east-central Georgia’s town Surami in summer 1913.Shop on Pekini Avenue, TbilisiTbilisi Pride officeAkhmeteli Theater, TbilisiAxis Towers, TbilisiZandukeli Street, TbilisiZandukeli Street, TbilisiAghmashenebeli Avenue, TbilisiFlowers shop on Abashidze Street, Vake neighborhood of TbilisiVashlovani Street, TbilisiFlag of Azov, the battalion of last defenders of Mariupol, flying on a balcony on Tabukashvili Street, TbilisiAghmashenebeli Alley, Tbilisi
