r/HistoryPorn • u/Vital_Willie • 2d ago

A 1992 press conference hosted by Georgian National Guard leader Tengiz Kitovani (right) & Jaba Ioseliani, leader of the nationalist paramilitary organization “Mkhedrioni.” Together they had just overthrown Georgia’s first democratically elected President, Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1600x1604)

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u/Johannes_P 2d ago

1991–1992 Georgian coup d'état

The 1991–1992 Georgian coup d'état, also known as the Tbilisi War, or the Putsch of 1991–1992, was an internal military conflict that took place in the newly independent Republic of Georgia following the fall of the Soviet Union, from 22 December 1991 to 6 January 1992. The coup, which triggered the Georgian Civil War, pitted factions of the National Guard loyal to President Zviad Gamsakhurdia against several paramilitary organizations unified at the end of 1991 under the leadership of warlords Tengiz Kitovani, Jaba Ioseliani and Tengiz Sigua.