Russia–Georgia Friendship Monument

Russia–Georgia Friendship Monument

Tile work inside the monument
Location in Georgia (country)
Coordinates 42°29′32″N 44°27′09″E / 42.4922°N 44.4526°E / 42.4922; 44.4526
Location Gudauri
Type Friendship monument
Material stone and concrete
Completion date 1983
Dedicated to Russo-Georgian relations and the bicentennial of the Treaty of Georgievsk

The Russia–Georgia Friendship Monument or Treaty of Georgievsk Monument is a monument build in 1983 to celebrate the bicentennial of the Treaty of Georgievsk and ongoing friendship between Georgia and Soviet Russia. Located on the Georgian Military Highway between the ski resort town of Gudauri and the Jvari pass, the monument is a large round stone and concrete structure overlooking the Devil's Valley in the Caucasus mountains. Inside the monument is a large tile mural that spans the whole circumference of the structure and depicts scenes of Georgian and Russian history.

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