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Pediatric Casualties during the Civil Conflict in the Republic of Georgia 22 November–5 December 1991

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Irakli T. Metreveli  and
Arno Vosk
Irakli T. Metreveli
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tbilisi Medical Institute, Republic of Georgia
Arno Vosk*
Affiliation:
Emergency Department, Lock Haven Hospital, Lock Haven, Penn.
*
Emergency Department, Lock Haven Hospital, Lock Haven, PA 17745USA
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The Civil War in Georgia

On 9 April 1991, the Republic of Georgia proclaimed its independence from the Soviet Union. Sviat Gamsakhurdia, an anti-communist leader of the Georgian Nationalist movement, was elected President by an overwhelming majority. Soon after the election, however, Gamsakhurdia's popularity began to plummet. He was accused of suppressing any opposition, and he and his supporters accused the opposition of being in league with Moscow and seeking to sabotage Georgian independence. Demonstrators in Tbilisi, the capital city, demanded the resignation of the new government, and the government relied increasingly upon armed forces to maintain power.

Type
Case Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , March 1994 , pp. 71 - 72
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1994

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