09 April

Day of National Unity (Georgia)

Aka Independence Restoration Day, this is an annual national public holiday in Georgia that commemorates the 1989 Tbilisi Massacre (aka the April 9th tragedy or Tbilisi tragedy), when a peaceful anti-Soviet demonstration on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi was dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in at least 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.

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