Exploring Georgia with a local! // The SOVIET city of Rustavi

In this video we will visit the SOVIEEEET city of Rustavi with a local Georgian person! We will learn about city's past, it's unique architecture, and also we will discuss today's Georgian politics and how the locals live here!

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In this video:
0:00 introduction
2:10 part 1: brezhnevka houses
4:42 why Stalin rebuilt this city
6:46 Shota Rustaveli monument
7:56 eco problems
8:59 should Soviet heritage be preserved?
11:02 Georgia's accession to EU
13:10 part 2: khruschyovka houses
13:52 inside the yard
16:47 part 3: Old Rustavi
19:24 why Rustavi looks like Paris
20:25 raising kids in Georgia
23:17 gender stereotypes in Georgia and Russia
25:53 Soviet mosaic & abandoned factory
27:29 Georgia-Poland friendship square
29:12 stereotypes about Rustavi
30:55 foreign agent law
32:02 is it safe at night?
34:11 soviet Palace of Culture
35:07 goodbyes!