"Severe punishment for bombing victims" "Give me back the truth, give back my compatriots" "Soviets cannot shelter criminals" "Georgia belongs to the Georgians" As if it had been arranged in advance, Gamsahurdzia's speech had just ended, and the Georgians were still immersed in the illusion that he had put forward that "Georgia belongs to the Georgians".
In less than 10 minutes, a serious explosion occurred in the crowded waiting hall of Tbilisi Central Railway Station.
The bomb was placed in a large suitcase, and when the explosion occurred, more than 20 Georgians were killed and nearly 100 were injured.
In the aftermath of the bombing, a denunciation signed by the Abkhaz Truth Society was found near the suitcase, denouncing the seizure of Abkhaz territory by Georgians and the persecution of the Abkhaz nation.
The incident added fuel to the fire and ignited the anger of the Georgians, who soon gathered in the central square of Tbilisi to express their dissatisfaction with the Georgian central government.
As the crowd grew, the situation gradually became out of control.
Fearing serious consequences, Patiashvili mobilized a large number of police officers to maintain order in the square in front of the Georgian central government.
He also hurried out of his house and rushed to the scene as soon as possible, calling out to the gathered Georgians, calling on them to calm down and wait patiently for the government's investigation.
It is a pity that Patiashvili has almost no prestige in Georgia, and the people here treat him as if he were air, and no one pays any attention to him.
The opposition present did not bother to talk to Patiashvili at all, they chanted slogans such as "Hit the Russian Empire", "Georgian independence" and so on.
Asked to talk directly to Shevardnadze and Gorbachev.
Soon after the incident, news reached Seryosha's ears, and he learned about it through the channels of Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Seryosha advised Komsomolskaya Pravda journalists not to listen to the rumors of the Georgian opposition, but to take a firm stand and truthfully expose the opposition's machination.
Seryosha asked Komsomolskaya Pravda to focus its reporting on Gamsa Khurdzia's foreign passport.
Behind this incident was the conspiracy of Western forces to destroy the Soviet Union, and Seryosha is now full of remorse, regretting that he regretted his negligence and allowed Gamsa Hurdzia to seize the opportunity.
But the time will not be lost, the card of the Abkhaz Truth Society will not be used, and now the Soviet government and the Georgian opposition are staring at him, and only the army will have a chance to quell the unrest.
After ending the call with Komsomolskaya Pravda, Seryosha hurried to Yakovlev's house in a car.
When he arrived, Yakovlev was frowning with the editor-in-chief of Pravda about the scope of reporting on Georgia.
The arrival of Seryosha forced Yakovlev to put down his work and deal with the affairs of Seryosha first.
"Secretary Yakovlev, I just heard something from the comrades of Komsomolskaya Pravda about the involvement of the Americans in the Abkhaz issue with the help of the Georgian opposition.
Our correspondent heard that Gamsakhurdzia holds passports from many Western countries and is simply a traitor," Seryosha asked anxiously.
"Yes, Seryosha, we already know what you said, and we are ready to let Comrade Shevardnadze go to Tbilisi again and have a dialogue with the opposition" "When is the time to negotiate, you know we have enough evidence that Gamsakhurdia is a spy, a traitor, and our differences with him are simply irreconcilable," Seryosha said emotionally.
"Seryosha, this is a matter of the Central Committee, you have your own work, just take care of your own affairs," Yakovlev said with a disagreeable face.
"Secretary Yakovlev, I came to you just to do my job well, the Georgian situation has seriously affected the confidence of foreign investors in the Leningrad Special Economic Zone, and if the central government does not allow this matter to be resolved quickly, it will not be long before our investors will start to withdraw their investment," Seryosha retorted.
"Then what do you want" Yakovlev heard Seryosha mention the Leningrad Special Economic Zone, and finally paid attention to Seryosha, the Leningrad Special Economic Zone is now the last fig leaf for Gorbachev's economic reform, if even this signboard is destroyed, then Gorbachev's economic reform is really a complete failure.
"I suggest that the central government quickly mobilize elite forces into Georgia, quell the crisis there, and clear out the traitors," Seryosha said categorically.
"It's not good to do this," Yakovlev hesitated again.
"Secretary, there is nothing bad, only stability can be pressed together, even the Thatcher government will send the police to deal with the striking workers, the sooner this thing is done, the less harm will be caused, and once it continues to wait, the consequences may be more serious.
We should learn a lesson from this incident, Gamsahurdia is very good at inciting the masses and creating national contradictions, and if this person is not eliminated, Georgia will not be restless for a day.
Seryosha said through gritted teeth.
Yakovlev and Seryosha discussed for most of the day, and he did not dare to take responsibility for the failure of the Leningrad Special Economic Zone, so he took Seryosha to the Kremlin to meet Gorbachev.
Gorbachev was as hesitant as Yakovlev.
I never dared to make up my mind.
In the end, he had to let his secretary call all the Politburo members to make decisions together.
And Seryosha waited for the final result in Gorbachev's office.
This extraordinary meeting was very effective because there was only one agenda item.
Because of the incident on Red Square and the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defense no longer has a place in the Politburo.
So now the Politburo is a few civilian officials who decide whether to send troops to quell the rebellion in Georgia.
After a round of voting, the majority was in favor of sending troops, Yakovlev directly abstained, Shevardnadze voted against, and Ligachev, Ryzhkov and others voted in favor.
It was only after seeing the results that Gorbachev finally raised his hand in favor of sending troops to Georgia.
As a result, the order for military action to deal with the Georgian insurgency was urgently sent to the USSR Ministry of Defense after the meeting.
In Tula, a city south of Moscow, Lebed, who had just put his children to sleep, was leaning back in a rocking chair smoking a pipe when the red telephone on his desk rang.
"Comrade Lebed, I have just received an order from the Central Committee. ordered the Tula Airborne Division to immediately open up and rush to Tbilisi to deal with the rebellion" "Yes," replied Lebed. t1706231537: