Georgian Prime Minister lays wreath at Cadets Memorial fallen in 1921 Soviet invasion
Marking the Soviet invasion of Georgia 102 years ago, Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze also paid their tributes to the memory of the young heroes. Photo via Government Administration
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Saturday laid a wreath at the Memorial of Cadets, fallen in Kojori-Tabakhmela [near Tbilisi] battles against the Red Army in 1921.
Marking the Soviet invasion of Georgia 102 years ago, Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze also paid their tributes to the memory of the young heroes.
Georgian national flags are flying at half-mast outside the Government offices across the country, as well as at diplomatic missions and consulates abroad, in remembrance of the soldiers and civilians who died during the Soviet invasion.
On this day in 1921, Georgia lost its independence and was occupied by the Red Army, which took over Tbilisi, overthrew the government and subsequently annexed the country.
February 25 is declared as the day of the Soviet occupation by the resolution of the Georgian Parliament.
Georgian national flags are flying at half-mast outside the Government offices across the country today, in remembrance of the soldiers and civilians who died during the Soviet invasion 102 years ago.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday paid tribute to the memory of the young military cadets who fell defending the country during the February 1921 Red Army invasion that put an end to the three-year First Democratic Republic of Georgia.
Georgian officials on Wednesday paid tributes to the memory of the young military cadets who fell defending the country during the February 1921 Red Army invasion that put an end to the three-year First Democratic Republic of Georgia.
The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development will release a post stamp featuring Maro Makashvili, a national hero of the country who died during the 1921 Red Army invasion of the First Democratic Republic of Georgia.
February 25, the day marking the Soviet invasion of Georgia, has become the beginning of the “persistent struggle” for the country’s independence, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Saturday.