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April 9 tragedy

Took place on April 9, 1989

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The 38th anniversary falls on April 9, 2027, in 166 days.

Massacre of Tbilisi (also known as the Tbilisi tragedy or April 9 Tragedy) refers to the events in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, on April 9, 1989, when an anti-Soviet, pro-independence and nationalist demonstration was crushed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 21 deaths and hundreds of injuries.

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