(Amos Chapple | Rex Features).
The Georgian city of miners Chiatura is surrounded by cliffs and is located 220 km from Tbilisi. Its districts are connected with the central part of th city with ropeways built back in the Soviet times. In the beginning of the twenties of the XXth century when Georgia became a part of the USSR, the Soviet authorities decided to extract manganese from deposits located on the Georgian territory.
This is how Chiatura appeared – a new city rose in 1921 at the place of the manganese deposit. The ropeways were started to be built in the 1950s, they still connect each part of the city.
The local man goes home by ropeway. (Amos Chapple | Rex Features).
It does not even seem real! (Amos Chapple | Rex Features).
The people are waiting for a cable car at the air stop. (Amos Chapple | Rex Features).
The operators of the ropeway wait till 3-4 passengers come to the air stop and ring the bell to start a travel. (Amos Chapple | Rex Features).
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