Georgian Defence Ministry, Defence Forces commemorate fallen heroes of 1993 Abkhazia War battle
The Georgian side lost around 300 troops as a result of the days-long clash that followed the landing, managing to repel the forces and maintain their positions despite the battle causing one of the largest casualties for them in a single engagement of the war. Photo: The Ministry of Defence.
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Georgia’s Defence Ministry and servicemembers of the Defence Forces on Saturday paid tribute to those who died in the 1993 Battle of Tamishi during the war in Georgia’s northeastern region of Abkhazia.
Officials including Deputy Minister Davit Chichinadze, commanders from the General Staff of the Georgian Defence Forces and Ruslan Abashidze, the Head of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia were involved in the ceremony at the memorial on Heroes Square in capital Tbilisi, the Georgian Defence Ministry said.
Veterans of the 1992-1993 conflict also took part in the tribute to professional servicemembers and volunteers who lost their lives in one of the major engagements in the war.
The battle was sparked on July 2, 1993, when 600 seaborne troops were landed by the Abkhaz side on a stretch of the Black Sea coastline in the region, in an unexpected operation designed and executed in conjunction with the Russian military.
Using a Russian military vessel, the landing force intended to flank Georgian forces holding an area between the regional capital Sokhumi and the town of Ochamchire.
The Georgian side lost around 300 troops as a result of the days-long clash that followed the landing, managing to repel the forces and maintain their positions despite the battle causing one of the largest casualties for them in a single engagement of the war.
Zhiuli Shartava, the first national hero of the independent Georgia, is being remembered today, 29 years after his death during the war in the country’s now-occupied region of Abkhazia.
The Georgian national flag is flying at half-mast today as 28 years ago on September 27 Georgia lost control over the region of Abkhazia, which is currently occupied by Russia. Paying tribute to the victims of the armed conflict, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said he believes the ‘Georgian government will be able to overcome the severe consequences of the war and will work for the common future, peace and prosperity of the Abkhaz and Georgian people’.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia and President Salome Zurabishvili have paid tribute to the 17 soldiers who lost their lives in the Shindisi battle, during the Russia-Georgia war in 2008.
Georgia is commemorating today a group of soldiers who lost their lives during the Russia-Georgia 2008 war in a battle in Shindisi village in central Georgia.On the day 12 years ago a 21-member detachment of Georgian soldiers came face-to-face with Russian soldiers in the village of Shindisi. The Russians greatly outnumbered the Georgian soldiers and ordered them to surrender, but they refused.The uneven battle continued for 45 minutes.
Tea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, said on Thursday the “deeds and heroism” of Georgian servicemembers killed in the 2008 Russia-Georgia war placed a “big responsibility” on the Government to ensure peaceful development of the country, in comments commemorating the anniversary of a battle in central Georgia’s Shindisi village during the conflict where a group of Georgian soldiers heroically lost their lives in an unequal engagement with the invading forces.
Georgia’s Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze on Thursday revealed Government plans to commemorate the Georgian servicemembers who fell in the Shindisi Battle of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war by opening a monument and a museum in their memory.
Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze on Monday paid a tribute to the memory of fallen servicemembers to mark Day of Commemoration of the Dead, a holiday for Orthodox Christian followers.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Thursday commemorated Zhiuli Shartava, the late first national hero of the independent Georgia, who would have turned 80 today.