Socialist Mosaics of Georgia

photo by Pavel Ogorodnikov

1. Motherland Calls

GPS coordinates: 42.009486, 41.964977

mosaic location: World War II Memorial, Jumati village, Guria


2. Cosmonaut and Star

GPS coordinates: 41.648652, 44.915797

mosaic location: Factory Building (exact purpose unknown), Tbilisi


3. Programmer

GPS coordinates: 41.540078, 45.021662

mosaic location: Facade of a House near a Metallurgical Plant, Rustavi


4. Hand with the Olympic Flame

GPS coordinates: 42.330395, 43.383122

mosaic location: Gas Station near Sachkhere, Imereti


5. Woman with a Dove

GPS coordinates: 41.648652, 44.915797

mosaic location: Factory Building (exact purpose unknown), Tbilisi


6. Train Emerging from a Tunnel

GPS coordinates: 41.667060, 44.914713

mosaic location: Locomotive Depot, Platform 6th km, Tbilisi


The photographs of mosaics were made by Pavel Ogorodnikov, who curates an archive of Georgian mosaics (IG: @georgian_mosaic), as well as explores abandoned places in Georgia and offers tours to these sites (IG: @pavelog).