Northern start of the Georgia Military Highway

Item Information

Title:
Northern start of the Georgia Military Highway
Description:
This is the beginning of the Georgia Military Highway from the north. The military highway runs from Vladikavkaz (in 1961, at the time of this trip known as Orjonikidze, a leading Georgian Bolshevik) to Tblisi, the capital of what is now the Georgian Republic. In the background of the photo one can see the Greater Caucasian Range.
Photographer:
Halpern, Joel Martin
Date:
1961
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Slides (photographs)
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Joel M. Halpern Papers
Series:
Series 8A. Slides
Subjects:
Mountains--Caucasus, South--Photographs
Dwellings--Caucasus, South--Photographs
Roads--Caucasus, South--Photographs
Telecommunication lines--Caucasus, South--Photographs
Places:
Caucasus, South
Voenno-Gruzinskaíà doroga (Georgia and Russia)
Extent:
1 slide ; 5 x 5 cm.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mufs001-gsr-i0001
Terms of Use:
All rights for this image are held by Joel M. Halpern. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Identifier:
mufs001-gsr-i0001