1924 ANTI-SOVIET NATIONAL REBELLION IN GEORGIA (NEW ARCHIVE MATERIALS)

Abstract

In February–March 1921, Soviet Russia annexed the Democratic Republic of Georgia. Most of the politicians left Georgia and emigrated. Soon, the anti-Soviet national movement began in Georgia, the goal of which was to restore Georgia’s State independence. The Soviet government of Georgia responded to every such manifestation of the national movement with repression. In 1921 - 1922, an anti Bolshevik uprising broke out in Svaneti and Kakheti-Khevsureti, however, it was pretty sporadic and was easily put down. Thus, the next rebellion had been planned throughout the Caucasus, however, the effective work of the Bolsheviks’special commission didn’t let that occur. It broke out only in Georgia, including the districts of Zugdidi, Senaki, Kutaisi, Shorapani, Ozurgeti, Lechkhumi, Kodori, Samurzakhano, Gori, Tianeti, Dusheti, Tbilisi and Adjara, and finally failed again. After its suppression, the local government resorted to another wave of repression by different ways (shootings without trials, arrests, expulsions from the residences, exiles in Russia, forced employments, etc.).