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Georgia's Struggle for Independence

09/04/2014 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Georgia's Struggle for Independence

Soviet troops crushed a mass demonstration in Georgia's capital Tbilisi on 9 April,1989

Soviet troops and tanks crushed a mass demonstration in Georgia's capital Tbilisi on 9 April,1989.

On 9 April, 1989, Soviet troops and tanks crushed a mass demonstration in Georgia's capital Tbilisi. Hear from two demonstrators on the streets of the capital that night.

(Photo: Large crowd of demonstrators in Tbilisi. Credit: Giorgi Tsagareli)

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