Georgia marks 95th anniversary of Soviet occupation
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The Georgian national flag is flying at half-mast at Government buildings around the country today in remembrance of the hundreds of thousands of young soldiers and citizens who died in the battle of the Soviet Occupation of Georgia 95 years ago.
Flags have been lowered at Tbilisi and Kutaisi Parliament buildings and at the President’s residence in Avlabari, Tbilisi to mark the day when Georgia lost its independence after Bolshevik’s Red Army took over Tbilisi on February 25, 1921.
Our people’s devoutness was not in vain as today Georgia is an independent and sovereign country,” said Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili today.
Flag lowered on the Presidential Palace. Photo by the President's webpage.
Today is Georgia’s Soviet occupation day when hundreds of thousands of people, our army units and volunteers, sacrificed their lives for our homeland. Despite the fact we lost the battle, the war to preserve Georgia’s independence was won.”
The fact Georgia’s national flag flies over the [Government Administration] building and the fact that we can make free solutions about Georgia’s western orientation is because of our ancestors. Their example of devoutness will shine a way for many generations in Georgia in the future,” said the PM.
The Prime Minister said despite the fact we lost the battle, the war to preserve Georgia’s independence was won. Photo by the Prime Minister's webpage.
The Day of Soviet Occupation was first officially marked in Georgia by the former government in 2010.
Parliament unanimously passed a resolution instructing the government to organise various memorial events each year on February 25 to commemorate the hundreds of thousands of victims of political repressions of the Communist occupational regime.
Click here to watch a short documentary about the Soviet Russian Invasion in Democratic Republic of Georgia.
The Georgian national flag is being flown at half-mast at the country’s Government buildings today in remembrance of the hundreds of thousands of young soldiers who died in the battle of the Soviet Occupation of Georgia 94 years ago.
Ninety-five years after Georgia was taken over by the Red Army and occupied by the Soviet Union, Georgia continues to fight for its freedom, and this fight will only end with a victorious Georgia, says the country’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili.
The Georgian national flag is flying at half-mast at Government buildings around the country today in remembrance of the hundreds of thousands of young soldiers and citizens who died in the battle against the Soviet Occupation of Georgia 96 years ago.
The Georgian national flag is flying at half-staff at government buildings around the country today in remembrance of thousands of ordinary citizens and soldiers who died in the battle against Soviet forces 98 years ago.