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Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...

Timeline of Events

1921

2.25.1921

Tbilisi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, is occupied by Bolshevist Russia.

1935

7.24.1935

The world's first children's railway opens in Tbilisi, USSR.

1989

4.9.1989

The April 9 tragedy in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR an anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strikes, demanding restoration of Georgian independence is dispersed by the Soviet army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.

2005

5.10.2005

A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 65 feet (20 metres) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.