On Georgian side during the 2008 Russia-Georgia war
killed wounded
412 2232
people
Since the war in 2008
several dozen cases of murder happened
at the occupied by Russia territories
Since the 2008 war Russian occupation forces
illegally detained
1146
Georgian citizens with the accusation of crossing the dividing line.
Since the 2008 war
Georgia lost control over
125
more villages.
20.272
citizens of Georgia had to give up their fortunes
and properties and flee their villages.
All of them live with the status of
Internally Displaced People up today
The online project 08.08.08 preserves the memories
and recollects biographies, stories of people and events
that are missing from political and media discourse.
Lia
Gaiozi
Gaioz and Lili
Natela
Gogia
Dali
The Tower
Eteri
Sophio
Vakhtang and Makvala
Lia
Tina
Iakob and Tamar
Sister Mariam
Man from Perevi
Vakho
Lost
Akaki
Nelly
Zina
Compot
Evandi and Ziana
Lia
Vaja
Luisa
Magda
Maguli
Madina
Swallows
Madonna
Manana
Mzia
Margo
Tamara
Makho
Galina
Nargiza and Jemal
Nana
Nino
Giviko
Tengo
Ulyana
Fridon and Leila
Zoya
Irakli
Ketevan and Mito
Keto and Leri
Shermadine
Tsisana
Tsitsino, Eliko and Zoia
Tsitsino
Madonna from Knolevi
05/05/2014

The project is a collaboration between INDIGO Publishing and GCRT – The Georgian Centre for Psychosocial And Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims.

Oral histories are recorded from people, who faced the Russo-Georgian war in 2008 in the villages near dividing line, IDP settlements and in the city of Gori.

Author

Nino Lomadze

Journalists

Maradia Tsaava, Mariam Abesadze, Nino Lomadze

Author of the Timeline

Paata Zakareishvili

Photo

Tako Robakidze

Films

Salome Jashi, Nino Orjonikidze
and Vano Arsenishvili,
Aleqsander Koridze, Marika Ejibia

Editor

Nino Japiashvili

Project
Director

Lela Tsiskarishvili

Art Director

Giorgi Tsotskolauri

Web Developer

David Makaridze

English Translations

Sopo Japaridze, Giorgi Maghularia, Ana Adamia

English Text Editor

Shawn Basey, Will King

Spell Checker

Nino Saitidze

Sound Design

Mariam Abesadze

In stories, as well as on photos some names of the persons are changed, upon the request of the heroes.

People on the photographs are not the heroes of the stories.

Special thanks to Nino Baloyan, GCRT's coordinator at the Gori office, Nana Mshvidobadze, Taso Chkheidze, Lia Chlachidze, Nana Kakhniashvili, Merab Antadze, Tamar Babuadze.

Seconds Before the War / The sound story section

Natalie Beridse

Technical Coordinator

Alexandre Mamasakhlisi

The project was carried out with the support of Open Society Georgia Foundation.

The opinions expressed in the project by the author / authors may not express the position of the foundation. Consequently, the Foundation is not responsible for the content of the project.