„My twin sister and I were born in Chechnya. We were very small when the war broke out and our parents took us to Georgia together with other refugees. Since then we have lived in the Pankisi Gorge. Now there are already six siblings in
„The worst period of my life was the time I spent in prison. I avoid remembering it as much as I can. I think I have talked about so much that I’ve finally exhausted it, but I still have to relive my horrible experience every
„All my life I’ve seen nothing but suffering… I was six when my mother died. I remember myself running in our land plot, yelling “mom’s dead”. At 7, I went to school. I didn’t have any clothes to wear. They cut up my mothers clothes,
„I worked in a public school in the village of Zemo Alvani as an accountant first and then as a procurement specialist. The teachers are usually done with their work at 2 or 3 p. m., however, the administrative staff has to stay in the
“Math is my favorite subject, I am quite good at technical fields, however, and you may find it amusing, I am going to study foreign languages at the university. Initially, I picked business administration as my future profession, as I am interested in the economics,
„I am a Kist woman. I grew up in the Pankisi Gorge and finished middle school here. As I wanted to enroll at a medical university, I went to Tbilisi and graduated from a high school there with honors. In those times graduates with honors
„My mother was a teacher, a proud and beautiful woman. But she was paralyzed from childbirth after she had twins. Her husband abandoned her and left her alone with three children – my three-year old brother, my twin sibling and me. It was 1930 -
“After finishing school, I wanted to enroll in a dental college, but the college was not adapted for the deaf and hard of hearing people in Georgia. There was one in Russia, but I was already married and I could not travel there. Later, I
“I have loved making dolls since childhood. I am from Zestaponi. When we went to the countryside on holidays, I would make dolls of corn stalk. We would then make dresses for it and play. There was no TV and radio, we had to somehow