Georgian PM commemorates soldiers fallen in Shindisi Battle of Russia-Georgia 2008 war
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Thursday the Shindisi village battle during the Russia-Georgia 2008 war was “one of the most impressive and outstanding battles in modern Georgian history”. Photo: Government of Georgia press office
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Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday commemorated a group of Georgian soldiers who heroically lost their lives during the Russia-Georgia 2008 war in a battle in central Georgia’s Shindisi village.
In his comments, Garibashvili said the Shindisi Battle was “one of the most impressive and outstanding battles in modern Georgian history”.
The dedication of the 17 heroes who died in the battle of Shindisi will always remain a proud example of our modern history and for future generations”, Garibashvili stated.
In the engagement, a 21-member detachment of Georgian soldiers came face-to-face with Russian troops in the village of Shindisi on the fourth day after the start of the conflict.
Being greatly outnumbered, they were ordered to surrender by the Russian troops but issued a strong refusal and inflicted significant losses on the enemy in a 45-minute subsequent uneven battle that also left 17 of the 21 Georgian servicemembers killed.
Seventeen of the 21 Georgian soldiers killed in Shindisi battle.
In a wider context, the war between Russia and Georgia took the lives of 169 servicemembers and professionals of the Ministry of Defence, along with 19 employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and 224 civilians.
Around 30,000 citizens of Georgia were forced to abandon their homes in the now-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
The Georgian public on Monday marked fourteen years since the death of national hero Giorgi Antsukhelidze, a servicemember captured in the Russia-Georgia war in 2008 before being tortured and killed by Russian forces and troops of the de facto authorities of the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
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.
Award-winning drama feature Shindisi, Georgia's former Oscar selection, is screened by embassies of the country abroad to mark 12 years since the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia, with other screenings and exhibitions also dedicated to the anniversary on Saturday.
Dito Tsintsadze, director of Georgia’s Oscar-contender film Shindisi, has won the best director award at the Asian World Film Festival [AWFF] held in Los Angeles, Hollywood, between 6-14 November, the Georgian National Film Centre reported earlier today.
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.
Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili on Thursday commemorated a group of Georgian soldiers who lost their lives in an unequal engagement with Russian forces in central Georgia’s Shindisi village during the 2008 war between the two states by saying “our future generation grows up on the story of Shindisi’s heroes”.
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 Garibashvili on Friday honoured the 17 Georgian servicemembers who lost their lives during a battle in central Georgia’s Shindisi village during the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia.