The Fifth Floor: Tales from Tbilisi

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Faranak Amidi visits three places in Tbilisi, Georgia to find out more about its history and what's behind the current political turmoil in the country.

The Parliament building has been the site of the recent protests, where people have been gathering for more than 100 days. The ‘Dezerter bazar’ was said to be founded by deserters from the Czar’s army, who came there to sell their equipment over 100 years ago. Now it’s the biggest farmers market in Tbilisi. The history of the sulphur baths date back to the 5th century and Georgians have been coming here for generations to relax. With Nina Akhmeteli, Rayhan Demytrie and Maka Dzneladze.

Presented by Faranak Amidi Produced by Hannah Dean and Caroline Ferguson

(Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)

Transcript

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0:03.0	Hiya
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0:09.0	and imbi
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0:15.0	in Kiskshartha'
0:16.0	in Katsam
0:17.0	from Faraan Agamidi's
0:19.0	and
0:20.0	Mokestalme and here, and that'siam on
0:22.6	our family.
0:23.6	Today I'm in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
0:28.6	Today I'm in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
0:32.6	The country has been in the news for the past few months
0:34.6	for huge protests against the government.
0:38.6	But since I'm here, I want to try and get to know the city a little better.
0:43.0	So I've asked some of my BBC colleagues who live and work here to show me around.
0:48.8	So the first location I'm visiting is the Parliament in Tbilisi.
0:57.2	And I'm here to meet BBC journalist Nina Ahmadineina. You decided to bring me here and show me this place. There's a building on
1:03.3	my right. What is it? So yes, this is a parliamentary building and we are now at the main central
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