Stronghold village of Shatili Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is famous Shatili village in remote Khevsuretia in northern Georgia. It is 2 km from Chechenya border (Georgian-Russian). The village consists of small fortified strongold where inhabitants of the village used to shelter inside along with their herds during frequent attacks from neighbouring teritories like Chechenia, Dagestan, Tushetia. Electricity arrived to the village two years ago, but to get there it is still an experience. You need to drive along narrow mountain track more than 100km thru the beatiful Caucasus mountains.
The person in the foreground is one of our companion whom we left in Shatili for couple of days. He hired a horse and visited Tushetia. In the meantime we drove to Azerbaijan.

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gbeli (2026) 2006-09-02 16:45

Nice place

Glint (3005) 2006-09-02 17:08

hello Rafal,
looks like fascinating place if a little forbidding. Were the people welcoming? Interesting note.

adores (15279) 2006-09-02 17:20

Hi Rafal!
Nice perspective of the village. The houses have very unusual shapes but it's very good to learn something more about this country that is still not well known.

izacalbo (0) 2006-09-02 17:52

Uma bela paisagem, mas o mistério e a beleza são um pouco arranhados pelo homem que se vira para a câmera e acena. Creio que mais bonito ficaria, se a pessoa estivesse caminhando de costas com sua bagagem. É uma crítica muito particular.

mpetrovic (1479) 2006-09-03 17:01

i will never forget my few days in georgia. damn, this makes me just wishing more and more to go back! beautiful country!

so, are there marshrutkas from somewhere to Shatili?

dias (123) 2007-05-21 17:46