April 9 tragedy

When

9 Apr 1989

Kind

Riot

Deaths

21

Coordinates

41.72° N, 44.79° E

Description

events in Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1989

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1989 massacre in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR

Massacre of Tbilisi refers to the events in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, on April 9, 1989, when a peaceful anti-Soviet, pro-independence and nationalist demonstration was violently dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in the deaths of 21 Georgian civilians, with hundreds more injured.

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• Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Tbilisi massacre: Georgian demonstrators are massacred by Soviet Army soldiers in Tbilisi's central square during a peaceful rally; 20 citizens are killed,…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Massaker vor dem Parlamentsgebäude in Tiflis, Georgische Sowjetrepublik”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “tragédie de Tbilissi ; 21 personnes sont tuées et plusieurs centaines blessées dans la dispersion d’une manifestation anti-soviétique”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в Тбилиси советскими войсками с применением силы разогнан митинг, на котором присутствовало более 60 тысяч человек, погибли 16 человек, сотни были ранены”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page