Tbilisi's Soviet Underworld (8 photos)

[rpannier]

https://www.rferl.org/a/underworld-tbilisi-soviet-secrets-photographer/31530050.html

Beneath the streets of Tbilisi lies a network of tunnels, bomb shelters and Soviet-era chambers that many locals know nothing about. Over the past several months, photographer David Tabagari has been exploring this silent underworld with extraordinary results.


Decaying wagon tracks in a tunnel beneath Tbilisi.


Massive blast doors leading to a bomb shelter beneath Tbilisi.


bottle of vodka named after the infamous Georgian ruler of the Soviet Union in an underground bomb shelter.




Doors of an apparent underground prison discovered by Tabagari.


A barred window in the underground prison


Graffiti apparently dating to the Stalin era inside one of the cells in the underground prison.


A GP-5 gas mask. The masks were distributed in most nuclear fallout shelters in the Soviet Union.

[chowder66]

1. Perfectly creepy for Halloween. nt

[abqtommy]

2. Thanks for these great pics! nt

[Delphinus]

3. Each of

those photographs tells a hundred stories - my mind is going wild! Thank you for sharing.