Georgia commemorates 1989 violent suppression of peaceful demonstration by Soviet military

Today Georgia commemorates the memory of the victims of the tragic events of April 9, 1989.

 

On that day, Soviet military forces violently suppressed a peaceful demonstration on Rustaveli Avenue, near the present-day parliament building in Tbilisi, resulting in the tragic loss of at least 20 lives among the demonstrators. 

 

Hundreds more were wounded or exposed to poisonous gas during the crackdown.