State flags to fly at half-mast on administrative buildings
State flags to fly at half-mast on administrative buildings
11:36, 25.02.2022

Georgian state flags will fly at half-mast on administrative buildings in connection with February 25, Soviet Occupation Day.

Today marks 101st anniversary of the Red Army invasion of Georgia in 1921. Flags are lowered to half-mast at Foreign Ministry and diplomatic missions abroad.

The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic was established on February 25, 1921. That day, the Red Army entered Georgian capital Tbilisi and installed a communist government.

Soviet Occupation Day is observed annually on February25. The memorial day was established in 2010 by the decree of the Georgian parliament.



By - Elene Dobordjginidze

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