Ka cika wannan jumlar: Zuwan perestroika ya ba Abkhaz damar nuna rashin gamsuwarsu da matsayinsu a cikin Georgia. A shekara ta 1988 an aika da wata wasiƙa, da manyan 'yan Abkhazia suka sa hannu, zuwa ga Mikhail Gorbachev da shugabannin Soviet. Ya zayyana korafe-korafen da Abkhaz ke ji kuma ya yi jayayya cewa duk da abubuwan da aka ba da izini na 1978, an yi watsi da ikon cin gashin kai a yankin. Ya kammala ta hanyar neman a cire Abkhazia daga SSR na Georgia, kuma a mayar da shi a matsayin cikakken jamhuriyar Soviet, mai kama da SSR Abkhazia. An bi wannan a watan Maris na shekara ta 1989 da Yarjejeniyar Lykhny, wadda takarda ce da mutane 37,000 suka sa hannu. Wannan ya haifar da zanga-zangar a Georgia, wanda ya kai ga wani babban zanga-zangar adawa da Soviet da kuma goyon bayan 'yancin Georgia a Tbilisi a ranar 9 ga Afrilu, 1989, wanda aka yi wa lakabi da
sojojin Ma'aikatar Harkokin Cikin Gida ta Tarayyar Soviet sun tarwatsa su da karfi, wanda ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane ashirin, galibi mata matasa, da kuma raunin daruruwan masu zanga-zangar. Bala'in 9 ga Afrilu ya kawar da ragowar abin dogaro daga gwamnatin Soviet a Georgia kuma ya tura 'yan Georgia da yawa zuwa adawa da Tarayyar Soviet, kuma ya tsananta rikicin kabilanci tsakanin' yan Georgia da sauran kungiyoyi, musamman Abkhaz da Ossetians. Karin tarzoma a Sukhumi da ke adawa da kafa reshen Jami'ar Jihar Tbilisi ya tsananta kishin kasa na Abkhaz.