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  1. The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Georgia, the Georgian SSR, or simply Georgia, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union from its second occupation (by Russia) in 1921 to its independence in 1991.

  2. The April 9 tragedy (also known as The massacre of Tbilisi or Tbilisi tragedy) refers to the events in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, on April 9, 1989, when an anti-Soviet, pro-independence demonstration was crushed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 21 deaths and hundreds of injuries.

  3. Apr 19, 2019 · The Embassy of Georgia hosted a Commemoration Ceremony to honor the victims of the Soviet Army’s April 9, 1989, bloody crackdown on peaceful demonstrators in Tbilisi, which triggered the Beginning of the End of the Soviet Union some 30 years ago.

  4. For much of the 20th century, Georgia's economy was within the Soviet model of command economy. Since the fall of the USSR in 1991, Georgia embarked on a major structural reform designed to transition to a free market economy. As with all other post-Soviet states, Georgia faced a severe economic collapse.

  5. Soviet Georgia's story began with the Red Army's invasion in 1921, leading to the establishment of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR). This marked a radical shift from Georgia's brief period of independence after the Russian Revolution.

  6. Apr 9, 2018 · On this date in 1989 an anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration demanding secession from the Soviet Union was violently dispersed by the Russian Army using tanks and guns on Rustaveli Avenue, in the center of Tbilisi, resulting in 21 deaths.

  7. May 14, 2024 · Updated 7:26 AM PDT, May 14, 2024. Georgia’s parliament has passed a law that critics see as a threat to media freedom and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union. Lawmakers defied weeks of large demonstrations in the capital that also featured anger at neighboring Russia.