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Tbilisi's proximity to lucrative east–west trade routes often made the city a point of contention between various rival empires, and its location to this day ensures an important transit role. [2] Tbilisi's varied history is reflected in its architecture, which is a mix of medieval, classical, and Soviet structures.
Museum of Soviet Occupation in Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi One of the exhibit halls inside the Museum of Soviet Occupation. The Museum of the Soviet Occupation (Georgian: საბჭოთა ოკუპაციის მუზეუმი, sabch’ot’a okupats’iis muzeumi) is a history museum in Tbilisi, Georgia, documenting the seven decades of the Soviet rule in Georgia (1921–1991 ...
During Soviet rule, Tbilisi's population grew significantly, the city became more industrialized, and it also came to be an important political, social, and cultural centre of the Soviet Union. In 1980, the city hosted the first state-sanctioned rock festival in the USSR.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tbilisi, Georgia ... (Georgia), Scouts of Tbilisi, and Museum of Soviet Occupation [19] established.
Political groups opposed to the Soviet Union organized a number of protests and gatherings in Tbilisi. The conflict between the Soviet government and Georgian nationalists deepened after the so-called Lykhny Assembly on March 18, 1989, when several thousand Abkhaz demanded secession from Georgia and restoration of the Union republic status of ...
The demonstrators marched to the House of the Government in downtown Tbilisi. The Soviet police officers managed to partially block the march, but around 5,000 people still managed to reach the government building, which was quickly surrounded by the Soviet army. The rest of the protesters gathered in and around Tbilisi State University.
However, in 1978, Soviet authorities had to face the opposition of thousands of Georgians, who gathered in downtown Tbilisi to hold mass demonstration after Soviet officials accepted removal of the constitutional status of the Georgian language as Georgia's sole official state language.
The organization was founded in Tbilisi, Georgia in 2010 by historians, writers and some descendants of victims to contribute to public debate about the history of Georgia in the Soviet Union. [4] It regularly organizes events and exhibition, and has also published various books on Georgia's Soviet past. [5]