Production at the factory in Ditsi was delayed for a year and a half as the boundary line between Georgian-controlled territory and the breakaway region of South Ossetia runs through the village.

By the 1970s the resort was established as a base for a Winter Olympics training ground. Many famous Soviet skiers were trained there and Bakuriani hosted various slalom, bobsleigh, biathlon, and ski flying sporting events.

In 2013 her career changed direction completely during a conversation she had with one of her old classmates who wanted to straighten his teeth with aligners.

There are many legends surrounding the lake, one is that Genghis Khan, whose tomb’s location is unknown, is actually buried beside Issyk-Kul Lake.

After being accepted into the 500 startups accelerator LinguaTrip received an automatic $100,000 investment and experienced immense press attention from Russia and Silicon Valley.

The Russian region of Karelia is part of the larger Northern Europe region of the same name, currently split between Russia and Finland. Despite its vast territory, the population of Karelia is small, around 600,000 people.

In January 2019 Gyulumyan and a team of co-workers took part in a 24-hour hackathon, which they won with Lucky Carrot, an app which helps teams and organisations build a culture of peer recognition and gratitude.