National Unity Day is celebrated in Georgia
According to the established tradition, on this day, the residents of Tbilisi, in memory of the victims, strew the stairs leading to the parliament building with tulips.
In Georgia, April 9 marks the Day of the adoption of the Act on the Restoration of the State Independence of Georgia and the Day of National Unity, Civil Harmony and Memory of those who died for their Homeland.
In Georgia, April 9 is a day off. On this day, the country remembers the victims of the dispersal in Tbilisi in 1989 of a rallies of thousands by the troops of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR.
According to the established tradition, on this day, the residents of Tbilisi, in memory of the victims, strew the stairs leading to the parliament building with tulips.
In connection with this day, according to tradition, a memorial service will be held in all churches of Georgia. Top officials of the country will lay wreaths at the memorial erected near the parliament building in Tbilisi.
As a result of the dispersal of the rally, 21 people were killed, most of them women. To investigate the events that took place in Tbilisi on April 9, 1989, the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR established a commission headed by Anatoly Sobchak. The Commission concluded that the military used excessive force against the demonstrators.
The day of April 9, 1989 was a turning point for Georgia. Exactly two years later, on April 9, 1991, the leader of the national movement Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the future President of Georgia, announced the restoration of Georgia's independence based on the Act declaring the Independence of the first Republic of Georgia on May 26, 1918.
The decision was made based on a national referendum held on March 31, 1991, during which most of the Georgian population voted for the declaration of independence and Georgia's secession from the USSR.
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National Unity Day is celebrated in Georgia
According to the established tradition, on this day, the residents of Tbilisi, in memory of the victims, strew the stairs leading to the parliament building with tulips.
In Georgia, April 9 marks the Day of the adoption of the Act on the Restoration of the State Independence of Georgia and the Day of National Unity, Civil Harmony and Memory of those who died for their Homeland.
In Georgia, April 9 is a day off. On this day, the country remembers the victims of the dispersal in Tbilisi in 1989 of a rallies of thousands by the troops of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR.
According to the established tradition, on this day, the residents of Tbilisi, in memory of the victims, strew the stairs leading to the parliament building with tulips.
In connection with this day, according to tradition, a memorial service will be held in all churches of Georgia. Top officials of the country will lay wreaths at the memorial erected near the parliament building in Tbilisi.
As a result of the dispersal of the rally, 21 people were killed, most of them women. To investigate the events that took place in Tbilisi on April 9, 1989, the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR established a commission headed by Anatoly Sobchak. The Commission concluded that the military used excessive force against the demonstrators.
The day of April 9, 1989 was a turning point for Georgia. Exactly two years later, on April 9, 1991, the leader of the national movement Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the future President of Georgia, announced the restoration of Georgia's independence based on the Act declaring the Independence of the first Republic of Georgia on May 26, 1918.
The decision was made based on a national referendum held on March 31, 1991, during which most of the Georgian population voted for the declaration of independence and Georgia's secession from the USSR.
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