North Ossetia. Upper Zgid and the Dance with Daggers
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Took place on: 2024-09-18
Located on altitude of more than 2000 meters, it's the one of the most highest placed settlements in the region. A former mining settlement, it shifted its focus on tourism
Upper Zgid (Verkhniy Zgid) is similar to Sadon -- it was a mining town as well, its population also shrinked fast, and in the end population is now lower than 100.
But with more investments into tourism, this village got more lively. The "Dance with Daggers" statue appeared there in 2022, on a stunning observation platform. To get here, one rides through the half-abandoned settlement across the serpentines. I wished to make a few stops on the way, though, as it had its own sights -- like a purely white House of Culture of Stalinist architecture, for example.
Majority of photos of this statue were done with mountains on the background -- but the weather granted us a thick fog. Not any less worse, although
1Majority of photos of this statue were done with mountains on the background -- but the weather granted us a thick fog. Not any less worse, although
