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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(133,902 posts) Sat Feb 19, 2022, 08:25 PM Feb 2022

Georgians rally behind Ukraine against Russia

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Georgians rally behind Ukraine against Russia (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2022 OP

I visited what was then Soviet Georgia in the late '80s Rhiannon12866 Feb 2022 #1

Good... PortTack Feb 2022 #2

Kicking for visability SheltieLover Feb 2022 #3

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Rhiannon12866

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1. I visited what was then Soviet Georgia in the late '80s

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Feb 19, 2022, 08:37 PM

Feb 2022

It's a completely different country than Russia, more Middle Eastern in culture and traditions including a different language. Under Russia, all the signs were in two languages and Russian became the "official" language. I was puzzled to see numerous statues of Stalin who was out of favor at the time - so I asked and was told that Stalin was Georgian and he was popular in Georgia because he killed so many Russians. Georgia is obviously vehemently anti-Russian...