Inessa Polenko, 39, climbed over a barrier and fell onto the beach below (Picture: East2West)
A beautician plunged 170ft to her death as she took a selfie from a clifftop panoramic viewing platform.
Inessa Polenko, 39, climbed over a barrier then stumbled, falling onto a beach below om Abkhazia, Georgia.
Paramedics were quickly at the scene but she died in hospital after plunging from the Gagry viewing point in scenic Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia now under Russia’s sway.
The viewing point overlooks the Black Sea.
A keen Instagrammer with 9,000 followers, the Russian woman regularly posted selfies from around the world.
Previously she had posted pictures from Dubai, Egypt and Russian-occupied Crimea, legally part of Ukraine.
The popular beautician had clients mainly in Moscow and major Russian resort Sochi, where she lived.
Her funeral was to be held today in Sochi.
An investigation is underway in the breakaway region into the circumstances of her death.
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