Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tun da mamayewar Red Army na 1921, Georgia ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashe 12 na membobin USSR, ƙungiyar kwaminisanci da iko. 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 kama karya na gwamnati, da kuma danne alamomin kishin kasa sun haifar da zanga-zangar da dama a Georgia, wanda ya ƙare da 9 Afrilu 1989 Tragedy
, lokacin da masu zanga-zangar a Tbilisi suka murkushe shi kuma ya haifar da mutuwar mutane 21 da kuma kama manyan shugabannin 'yan adawa, ciki har da Zviad Gamsakhurdia.