1989 Sukhumi riots

When

Jul 1989

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

43.00° N, 41.02° E

Description

riot in the Soviet Union

Civil disorder in Sukhumi, Abkhazia, Georgia, Soviet Union

The Sukhumi riot was a riot in Sukhumi, Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, in July 1989, triggered by an increasing inter-ethnic tensions between the Abkhaz and Georgian communities and followed by several days of street fighting and civil unrest in Sukhumi and throughout Abkhazia.

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• Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “des heurts entre Abkhazes et Géorgiens provoquent 18 morts et 137 blessés à la suite de l’ouverture d’une antenne de l’université de Tbilissi à Soukhoumi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “начало грузино-абхазских столкновений в Сухуми (Абхазская АССР), погибли 12 человек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “因不满格鲁吉亚政府在首都苏呼米设立第比利斯国立大学的新校区，阿布哈兹人在学校发动骚乱。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page