Ka cika wannan jumlar: Tun lokacin da Sojojin Rasha suka kai wa ƙasar hari a shekara ta 1921, ƙasar Georgia tana ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashe 12 da ke cikin tarayyar Rasha ta Dā, wato ƙasar da ke bin tsarin kwaminisanci da kuma mulkin kama karya. Duk da matsayin "de jure" a matsayin al'umma mai cin gashin kanta na Jamhuriyar Soviet Socialist ta Georgia, ra'ayoyin kishin kasa sun bunkasa sosai a cikin shekarun 1970, ra'ayoyin da za a maimaita su a duk faɗin Soviet. Manyan matsalolin tattalin arziki, yanayin mulkin mallaka na gwamnati, da kuma danne alamomin kishin kasa sun haifar da zanga-zanga da dama a Georgia, wanda ya kai ga
9 Afrilu 1989 Bala'i, lokacin da hukumomi suka danne zanga-zangar a Tbilisi kuma hakan ya haifar da mutuwar mutane 21 da kuma kama manyan shugabannin adawa, gami da Zviad Gamsakhurdia.