Sukhumi: Soviet Riviera's Ghostly Ruins

Added: 2026-05-29

[00:00:00]This was the Soviet Riviera.

[00:00:02]Palm trees once lined the most glamorous resort on the Black Sea. Elite travelers flocked to Sukhumi for sun and luxury.

[00:00:09]Now the grand hotels [music] are hollow shells.

[00:00:11]In 1992, war tore through paradise.

[00:00:15]Bullet holes scar the marble walls [music] where royalty once danced.

[00:00:19]Nature is reclaiming the grand railway station. Vines crawl through broken [music] windows of abandoned government halls. A ghost city frozen in time.

[00:00:28]Sukhumi reminds us how fast a paradise can fall. But for the few who remain, [music] life slowly returns to the ruins.