Ka cika wannan magana: A lokacin da yake makaranta, Giya ya yi fice a wasanni kuma ya kasance cikin rukunin 'yan wasan Olympics na Soviet a tseren mita 100 da 200. A lokacin yaro Giya ya girma a cikin mahalli mai yawan harsuna da yawa yana magana da Rasha, Jojiya, da Ingilishi a makaranta da kuma Ukrainian a gida. A shekara ta 1986 Giya ya shiga Cibiyar Harshen Harsuna a Tbilisi tare da ƙwarewa a cikin harshen Ingilishi, amma a 1987 an riga an tattara shi a cikin Sojojin Soviet da ke aiki a Turkmenistan a kan iyaka da Iran. Mahaifiyarsa ta ce dole ne ta biya don kauce wa a aika da Georgiy zuwa Afghanistan (Soviet-Afghan War). A wannan lokacin shugaban Soviet Mikhail Gorbachev ya fara gyare-gyarensa perestroika tare da sassaucin ra'ayi (glasnost). Wannan tsari kawai ya hanzarta aiwatar da rushewar Tarayyar Soviet. Da yake ƙoƙarin dakatar da wannan tsari da kuma adana jihar Soviet, rikice-rikice da rikice-rikice da yawa sun taso a cikin Tarayyar Soviet wanda ya kasance a cikin Soviet Union.
Bala'in 9 ga Afrilu (sojojin Soviet sun kashe fararen hula 20 ba tare da makami ba) wanda ya sa yawancin 'yan Georgia suka zama masu tsattsauran ra'ayi ciki har da Georgiy Gongadze.