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The Museum of the Soviet Occupation is a permanent exhibition displaying archive documents, photo and video materials following the timeline of Georgia’s history from the short-lived independence between 1918 and 1921 to the Soviet army crackdown on the pro-independence rally in 1989 and the declaration of Georgia’s independence in 1991 ...
Georgia was dragged into wars against Armenia and remnants of the Ottoman Empire, while the rapid spread of ideas of revolutionary socialism in rural regions accounted for some Soviet-backed peasants' revolts in Racha, Samegrelo and Dusheti. In 1921, the crisis came to a head. The 11th Red Army invaded Georgia from the south and headed to Tbilisi.
State Museum of Georgian Folk Songs and Musical Instruments; State Silk Museum; Money Museum; David Baazov Georgian Jew History Museum "Animal World" – Nature Museum [1] [2] Cinema History Museum; Puppet Museum; Museum of Georgian Medicine; Museum of Tbilisi National Opera and Ballet Theatre; Museum of Rustaveli Theatre; Museum of ...
The Red Army invasion of Georgia (12 February – 17 March 1921), also known as the Georgian–Soviet War or the Soviet invasion of Georgia, [5] was a military campaign by the Russian Soviet Red Army aimed at overthrowing the Social Democratic government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG) and installing a Bolshevik regime (Communist Party of Georgia) in the country.
Museum of the Soviet Occupation, Tbilisi; Dmanisi Museum-Reserve of History and Archaeology, Dmanisi; Vani Museum-Reserve of Archaeology, Vani; Museum of History of Tbilisi, Tbilisi; Museum of History and Ethnography of Svaneti, Mestia; Institute of Palaeobiology, Tbilisi [2] [3] Sighnaghi Museum, Sighnaghi; Bolnisi Museum, Bolnisi [4]
Among other things, it has contributed to developing the Museum of Repressed Writers, at the Writer's House of Georgia. [3] The organization was founded in Tbilisi, Georgia in 2010 by historians, writers and some descendants of victims to contribute to public debate about the history of Georgia in the Soviet Union. [4]
The museum has three sections, all located in the town's central square. It was officially dedicated to Stalin in 1957. With the downfall of the Soviet Union and independence movement of Georgia, the museum was closed in 1989, but has since been reopened, and is a popular tourist attraction.
After Georgia regained independence from Russia (1918), the museum was renamed into the Museum of Georgia in 1919. Noe Kipiani was the first director of the museum. A bulk of its collection was evacuated by the Government of Georgia to Europe following the Bolshevik takeover of the country in 1921, and was returned to Soviet Georgia through the ...