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99 years since Soviet occupation of Georgia

Today Georgia commemorates the victims of Soviet occupation.Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 25 Feb 2020 - 11:08, Tbilisi,Georgia

Ninety-nine years have passed since the day Georgia lost its three-year independence and was occupied by the Bolshevik Red Army.

The Georgian national flag is flying at half-staff at government buildings around the country today in remembrance of the thousands of ordinary citizens and soldiers who died in the battle against Soviet forces in 1921.

Watch short documentary "Soviet Russian Invasion in Democratic Republic of Georgia "by Rezo Chigogidze.

The Day of Soviet Occupation was first officially marked in Georgia in 2010.

National Archives commemorates Soviet repressions in Tbilisi display

Parliament unanimously passed the resolution regarding the day, instructing the government to organise various memorial events each year on 25 February to commemorate the victims of the political repression of the communist occupying regime.

Victims of Soviet repressions remembered, names read out loud in Tbilisi

30 Jul 2019

Names of the residents of the Georgian capital of Tbilisi who were killed or exiled during the 1937-38 Soviet repressions were read out loud in Tbilisi today. The victims of the Soviet regime were remembered in relation to the date (July 30, 1937) when the Soviet Union leadership issued decree N00447 on the detention and punishment of so-called “kulaks, criminals and anti-Soviet elements.”

5th grave found in Batumi possibly with remains of people shot during Stalin’s reign

01 May 2019

Another grave has been found in Batumi, in western Georgia, which is very likely to contain the remains of victims of Soviet repression in 1937-1938 during Stalin’s reign.

Georgian flag lowered in memory of victims of 1921 Soviet occupation

25 Feb 2017

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.

National Archives commemorates Soviet repressions in Tbilisi display

24 Oct 2017

A poignant display opening today in Tbilisi will tell the personal stories of citizens exiled and persecuted during the brutal political repressions of the Soviet regime in Georgia.

US Embassy: ‘99 years since Soviet occupation, we stand with Georgia in support of hard-fought sovereignty’

25 Feb 2020

The US Embassy in Tbilisi says that 99 years after the Soviet occupation of Georgia began, the US stands with Georgia in support of its hard-fought sovereignty, citing famous Georgia writer Mikheil Javakhishvili and his description of the occupation.

Georgia marks 100th anniversary of Soviet occupation

25 Feb 2021

One hundred years have passed since the day Georgia lost its three-year independence and was occupied by the Bolshevik Red Army.The Georgian national flag is flying at half-staff at government buildings around the country today in remembrance of the thousands of ordinary citizens and soldiers who died in the battle against Soviet forces in 1921.

US diplomats present collective reading of Georgian poem on ‘tragic day’ of Soviet occupation

25 Feb 2021

US diplomats in Georgia have presented a collective reading of a poem by Georgian author Kolau Nadiradze which is dedicated to Georgia’s Soviet occupation on this day, one hundred years ago.

Gov’t unveils memorial for officers killed by Soviet authorities in 1923

22 May 2023

The Tbilisi City Hall on Monday unveiled a memorial of 14 Georgian officers executed by Soviet authorities in 1923 in the city’s Vake Park, with officials paying tribute to the victims of the occupation of the country.