Dispersal of anti-Soviet rally in Tbilisi accelerated collapse of USSR
On the 30th anniversary of the dispersal of demonstrators in Tbilisi by Soviet troops, six streets of the Georgian capital were named after the casualties. The crackdown of protesters on April 9, 1989, was the starting point for the restoration of Georgia's independence, Bondo Kupatadze, Doctor of History, has noted. kavkaz-uzel.ru »