Tkvarcheli
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World / Georgia (country) / Abkhazia
city, ruins, abandoned settlement
Tkvarcheli is a coal mining town in Abkhazia, another disputed territory within the south-western flank of the Caucusas. Tkvarcheli became a town in 1942 and was temporarily lost to the Germans during World War Two. Following the end of Soviet rule, Georgia claimed Abkhazia, which is recognised as an independent territory by Russia, fueling tensions in the region. Georgia besieged Tkvarcheli during the War in Abkhazia (1992-3), although the town witheld through Russian aid. When Soviet mines closed, bkhaz-Turkish company Tamsaş took over the coal fields – considered illegal by Georgia and leading to the seizure of company vessels. Tensions led to a sharp population decline. While a few people remain in Tkvarcheli, the settlement is little more than a ghost town.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tkvarcheli
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 42°51'8"N 41°42'3"E
- Sochi 244 km
- Tbilisi 264 km
- Krasnodar 359 km
- Samsun Metropolitan Municipality 496 km
- Rostov-on-Don 534 km
- Donetsk 667 km
- Makiivka 668 km
- Luhansk 686 km
- Volgograd 698 km
- Dnipro 834 km
- Market 1.5 km
- House of Culture 1.6 km
- Electrical substation 2.2 km
- Tkvarcheli thermal power plant 2.3 km
- Tkvarcheli Russian Border Guard Post 2.9 km
- Lashkendar 5.1 km
- Tkvarcheli District 7.4 km
- Ochamchira District 13 km
- Gali district 25 km
- Abkhazia 53 km