Monuments & public art
9th April
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The 9th April memorial stands near Heroes' Alley on Batumi's seafront and commemorates the victims of the events of 9 April 1989 in Tbilisi.
The memorial is dedicated to the victims of 9 April 1989, when the Soviet Army violently dispersed a peaceful pro-independence demonstration in Tbilisi and 21 Georgian civilians died.
The date is now observed in Georgia as National Unity Day, a public holiday. The monument is one of the memorials grouped around Heroes' Alley, the part of the seafront boulevard that combines monuments to state figures with contemporary art objects.
Sources
The guide text is written with AI from the sources below; Kartvelio checks the facts.
- Batumi monuments guide (Madloba), consulted on 21 October 2026.
- Massacre of Tbilisi (Wikipedia), consulted on 21 October 2026.
