Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia · SITE OF MEMORY ·
April 9 tragedy in Tbilisi (1989)
On the Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia map as “Tbilisi”
9 Apr 1989 — Soviet troops break up a peaceful pro-independence vigil outside Georgia’s government house with clubs, sharpened spades and gas; 21 people are killed, most of them women. The killings turned Georgian opinion decisively towards independence.
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- Collapse of the Soviet Union (chapter 9 of Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia)
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- Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
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