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Caucasus Bleakness Restored

The planning room for Armenia 2026: Yerevan, brandy, monasteries, mountain roads, and routes still under review by the Politburo.

Public preview

A public-facing exhibit explaining why Armenia is the latest matter before the General Secretariat, with delegate-only planning notes to follow.

Yerevan as shrine-front

The latest trip should dominate the homepage until fresh evidence from the next conference displaces it.

Day-trip doctrine

Goris, Dilijan, and Lake Sevan are treated as live route candidates rather than generic travel recommendations.

About this exhibit

A room for the latest matter before the General Secretariat, connecting Armenia to the wider Caucasus canon and keeping the route logic visible while the delegation prepares its evidence.

Related field files

Catalogued artefacts sharing tags, routes, or institutional memory with this room.

Destination
2026 – Yerevan & Goris, Armenia
Pink tufa glows beneath Ararat’s ghost on the horizon; cognac and Soviet blocks share the dusk. Out in Goris, stone towers cling to cliffs while the road pretends it was always a footpath.
Gear
Charcoal Tablets
Supra-proof.
Travel
Bleak Georgian Trains
Soviet springs, scenic sighs.
Travel
Radioactivity Alarm at Georgian Border
Nothing says ‘welcome’ like a flashing Geiger counter.
Travel
Tbilisi ↔ Day Trip to Gori (Stalin's Birthplace)
Bronze moustaches and concrete hush; history weighs the bus down.
Food & Drink
Georgian Dumplings with Doughy Nexii
Piled high like ammunition for a long night, khinkali steam in chipped bowls. Each swollen parcel bursts with meat, spice, and the faint taste of despairing winters.