Tsalqtubo

Developed in the 1920s, it flourished by the 1980s, with 19 sanatoriums, 9 bathhouses, and a large park The resort was frequented by many prominent historical figures and there was even was a bathhouse built especially for Joseph Stalin. Following the Soviet Union's collapse in 1990, the town was abandoned and the once-grand typical structures were left empty to deteriorate and decay. When war broke out in the nearby Abkhazia region in 1992, an estimated 200,000 ethnic Georgians fled from the conflict, and some 8,000 refugees were given temporary shelter in Tskaltubo’s abandoned sanatoriums. In the present day families are still living in the