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The Occupation of Poti was a series of Russian strikes against the Georgian port of Poti during the Russo-Georgian War in August 2008. The city was later occupied by Russian troops, who remained for some time before eventually withdrawing.
Russia also launched airstrikes against military infrastructure in Georgia. [70] Abkhaz forces opened a second front by attacking the Kodori Gorge, held by Georgia. [71] Russian forces occupied the Georgian cities of Zugdidi, [72] Senaki, [73] Poti [74] and Gori (the last one after the ceasefire was negotiated). [75]
August 9–19: Occupation of Poti; August 13–22: Occupation of Gori; February – The Russian group Voina staged the Fuck for the heir Puppy Bear! performance at the Timiryazev State Biological Museum in Moscow to protest at the election of Dmitry Medvedev in the 2008 Russian presidential election. [1]
The Poti naval base was organized by the Soviet government in July 1941, a month after the German invasion during World War II. Commanded by Major-General Mikhail Kumanin, the base operated as a part of the Black Sea Fleet and included two submarine divisions, a torpedo boat division, coastal guard boat division, two minesweepers , four coastal ...
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The Battle of Poti was a series of engagements around Poti, Georgia during the Georgian Civil War, between rebels supporting the ousted Georgian president Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the so-called 'Zviadists', and Russian forces supporting the Georgian Head of State Eduard Shevardnadze.
A timeline of some key events: 1945-1948 — Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula ends with Tokyo’s World War II defeat in 1945 but the peninsula is eventually divided into a Soviet ...
French invasion of Russia (1812): The French army crossed the Neman River into Russia. 14 September: French invasion of Russia (1812): The French army entered a deserted Moscow, the high-water mark of their invasion. 14 December: French invasion of Russia (1812): The last French troops were forced off of Russian territory. 1813: 24 October