Stalin's lost city: Inside the 崩壊するing remains of once-glittering 訴える手段／行楽地 beloved by the 独裁者 - as scant remaining 居住（者）s 詳細（に述べる） how their beloved home has become a desolate wasteland after 存在 abandoned in the wake of 支配者's death

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崩壊するing buildings, lavish architecture, empty baths and the 半端物 年輩の 居住（者） rambling around: This is what a sprawling spa 訴える手段／行楽地 once beloved by Joseph Stalin looks like now.

The team behind the YouTube channel Yes Theory 投機・賭けるd to?Tskaltubo in west-central Georgia, to 調査する what the once-にわか景気ing vacation 位置／汚点／見つけ出す looks like に引き続いて its abandonment in the 1990s.

They start by 会合 with a young man called Lucas who grew up very の近くに to the 崩壊するing city and he 明らかにする／漏らすs that many of the grandiose buildings were built by German 囚人s of war who were 逮捕（する）d by the Soviet Union during World War II.

Once the city of Tskaltubo was 設立するd, it served as a spa town with a variety of 治療力のある 治療s on 申し込む／申し出.?

During Soviet 支配する, which ran from 1936 to 1991, Georgians were only 許すd two vacations a year and they were sent to 明言する／公表する-sponsored コンビナート／複合体s, with?Tskaltubo 存在 one of these.?

The team behind the YouTube channel Yes Theory 投機・賭けるd to Tskaltubo in west-central Georgia, to 調査する what the once-にわか景気ing vacation 位置／汚点／見つけ出す looks like に引き続いて its abandonment in the 1990s

Many of the grandiose buildings were built by German 囚人s of war who were 逮捕（する）d by the Soviet Union during Wor ld War II?

Once the city of Tskaltubo was 設立するd, it served as a spa town with a variety of 治療力のある 治療s on 申し込む／申し出

During Soviet 支配する, which ran from 1936 to 1991, Georgians were only 許すd two vacations a year and they were sent to 明言する／公表する-sponsored コンビナート／複合体s, with Tskaltubo 存在 one of these

More than 120,000 訪問者s would check into the city's spas and bathhouses each year

Lucas explains in the ビデオ that his grandmother worked in the city when it was in 十分な swing, and more than 120,000 訪問者s would chec k into its spas and bathhouses each year.

Vintage （映画の）フィート数 shown in the 文書の show holidaymakers enjoying the convivial surroundings of the 訴える手段／行楽地 city and bathing in the mineral-rich spring waters.??

However, as Lucas was born in 2000, he said he never saw?Tskaltubo in its heyday and instead he would 調査する the derelict buildings with friends.?

As the film 乗組員 wanders around the sprawling 場所／位置, they 発言／述べる at how eerie it feels.?

In one scene, they get 接近 to one building, which appears 完全に 保存するd.?

One of the team says: 'It feels very haunted when a place hasn't moved in １０年間s.

'The bed is still made and the lamps are still in the position that they used to be.'

In another part of the 文書の, the YouTube creators enter a bathhouse that was built 特に for Stalin.

Vintage （映画の）フィート数 shown in the 文書の show holidaymakers enjoying the convivial surroundings of the 訴える手段／行楽地 city and bathing in the mineral-rich spring waters

A 私的な bath that was built for Stalin, which he only used once before his death in 1953?

As the film 乗組員 wanders around the sprawling 場所／位置, they 発言／述べる at how eerie it feels

Delving その上の into Tskaltubo's 内部の, the Yes Theory team 会合，会う a woman who has been living in the abandoned city for 33 years.?She explains that she ended up there after 存在 追い出すd 予定 to the war in the 地域 of Abkhazia?

The only 調印するs of life seen from outside her apartment is steam coming from a vent and laundry hanging from a balcony

This is の中で several buildings in Tskaltubo which is still in use, 含むing a spa hotel where the Yes Theory team stay.

As they enter the bathhouse, Lucas explains that 4,000 extra 労働者s were 雇うd to build it as 'they had a 最終期限 of Stalin coming here.'

The building 含むd a 私的な bath for the murderous 独裁者 - which he only used once before his death in 1953 - and as they look at the mosaicked room, one of the film 乗組員 says that it makes him feel 'a little bit disgusted.'

Delving その上の into?Tskaltubo's 内部の, the Yes Theory team 会合，会う a woman who has been living in the abandoned city for 33 years.

The only 調印するs of life from her apartment from the outside is steam coming from a vent and laundry hanging from a balcony.?

She explains that she ended up there after 存在 追い出すd 予定 to the war in the 地域 of Abkhazia where she was from.

Her husband was 発射 and she fled to?Tskaltubo alone.

The filmmakers 明らかにする／漏らす that after the spa コンビナート／複合体s の近くにd 負かす／撃墜する, the buildings were used to rehome internally 追い出すd people from war-torn areas.?

The lady 明らかにする／漏らすs that she never ーするつもりであるd to be in?Tskaltubo for so long, and she still dreams of returning home one day.

After spending a couple of days 調査するing the ghost city, the Yes Theory team みなす it a memorable experience.?

They 結論する: 'As we arrived with a very 限られた／立憲的な understanding of this country's history, we were able to faintly open that door into the past through this 半分-abandoned Soviet City and paint a clearer picture of what those challenging times were like for Georgia.

'We think that 熟考する／考慮するing our past is imperative to not repeat the same mistakes tomorrow and so we hope that we, as the next 世代, will listen to these stories and choose more wisely a 未来 of peace once and for all.'