Kurta
Georgia /
Shida Kartli /
Java /
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World / Georgia (country) / Shida Kartli
ruins, village, abandoned / shut down
Kurta is an abandoned village in the former South Ossetian autonomous oblast of Georgia. Populated largely by ethnic Georgians, it was one of the towns that remained under the control of Georgia between the unilateral secession of South Ossetia after the 1991–1992 South Ossetia War and the 2008 South Ossetia War.
Village was destroyed by Russian troops and Osetian militia in August 2008.
Village was destroyed by Russian troops and Osetian militia in August 2008.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurta,_Georgia
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 42°17'23"N 43°57'6"E
- Dmenisi 8.4 km
- Tirdznisi 13 km
- Tkviavi 15 km
- Shindisi 16 km
- Kvemo Ikorta Area 23 km
- Akhalubani 25 km
- Karaleti 25 km
- Mejvriskhevi 26 km
- Ruisi 27 km
- Kheltubani 30 km
- Greater Liakhvi Gorge 0.6 km
- Didi Liakhvi valley 2.4 km
- Tamarasheni 4.5 km
- 4th Russian Military Base 5.9 km
- Tskaltsminda's gorge 6.4 km
- Prisie Heights 6.7 km
- Ditsi commune 11 km
- Tskhinval District 12 km
- South Ossetia 16 km
- Gori District 34 km