BBC - MYTHS AND HEROES: JASON AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE: Dagva, Georgia

Matvi Pavlidi, patriarch of one of the few remaining Greek families living in this once prosperous village. Dagva lies inland from Batumi, in lush, rolling hill-country. This man's grandfather, sensing impending doom, moved his family to Georgia from Anatolia in Turkey before the first world war. Stalin then deported the Greeks of Georgia en-masse to Central Asia in the 1920's. On the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992, many came back. Facing yet more strife in modern day Georgia, many have recently moved back to Greece. 20 years ago there were 2500 Greeks in Dagva. Today there are 120. In Georgia they are known as {quote}Rumka{quote}.Nikon F5, 17-35mm, Fuji Velvia 100
Dagva, Georgia

Matvi Pavlidi, patriarch of one of the few remaining Greek families living in this once prosperous village. Dagva lies inland from Batumi, in lush, rolling hill-country. This man's grandfather, sensing impending doom, moved his family to Georgia from Anatolia in Turkey before the first world war. Stalin then deported the Greeks of Georgia en-masse to Central Asia in the 1920's. On the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992, many came back. Facing yet more strife in modern day Georgia, many have recently moved back to Greece. 20 years ago there were 2500 Greeks in Dagva. Today there are 120. In Georgia they are known as "Rumka". 

Nikon F5, 17-35mm, Fuji Velvia 100