5-594: Soviet Occupation Day may refer to: Soviet Occupation Day, Georgia , to recall the Red Army invasion of Georgia in 1921 Soviet Occupation Day, Moldova Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day , to recall the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
10-607: Is a Memorial Day in the country of Georgia . It is observed annually on 25 February to commemorate the Red Army invasion of Georgia in 1921. The holiday was established in 2010, and its first observance was in 2011. In February 1921, the Red Army , following the post-1917 turmoil in Transcaucasia , entered Georgia, which was then the Menshevik -controlled Democratic Republic of Georgia . The Georgian Menshevik army
15-604: The invasion of Georgia in 1921. The Georgian parliament voted in favor of the government's initiative. The decision, endorsed unanimously by the Parliament of Georgia instructs the government to organize various memorial events on every 25 February and to fly national flags half-staff to commemorate, as the decision puts it, hundreds of thousands of victims of political repressions of the Communist occupational regime. Georgia's establishment of Soviet Occupation Day followed
20-587: The title Soviet Occupation Day . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Occupation_Day&oldid=706845922 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Soviet Occupation Day, Georgia Soviet Occupation Day ( Georgian : საბჭოთა ოკუპაციის დღე , sabch'ot'a okupats'iis dge )
25-589: Was defeated and the government fled the country. On 25 February 1921, the Red Army entered the capital Tbilisi and installed a communist government, led by Georgian Bolshevik Filipp Makharadze . The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic was established on 25 February 1921. For the next 68 years, 25 February was celebrated as an official holiday, the Day of Establishment of Soviet Power in Georgia. On 21 July 2010, Georgia declared 25 February Soviet Occupation Day to recall
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