Georgia, August Uprising in

The August Uprising in Georgia is an unsuccessful insurrection against the Soviet rule in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic from late August to early September 1924.Aimed at restoring the independence of Georgia from the Soviet Union, the uprising is led by the Committee for Independence of Georgia, a bloc of anti-Soviet political organizations chaired by the Georgian Social Democratic (Menshevik) Party.

It is a culmination of the three-year struggle against the Bolshevik regime established by the Soviet Russia’s Red Army during a military campaign against the Democratic Republic of Georgia in early 1921.

The insurrection is suppressed by the Red Army and Cheka troops and is followed by a wave of mass repression in which several thousand citizens of Georgia are purged.

The August uprising proves to be one of the last major rebellions against the early Soviet government and its defeat marks the final establishment of the Communist rule in Georgia.

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