<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ukuvela kwe - perestroika kwavumela ama - Abkhaz ukuba aveze ukunganeliseki kwawo ngesimo sawo ngaphakathi kweGeorgia. Ngo - 1988 incwadi eyayisayiniwe abantu base - Abkhazia abavelele yathunyelwa kuMikhail Gorbachev nasebaholi baseSoviet. Yayibeka obala izikhalo ama-Abkhaz ayezizwa ngazo futhi yathi naphezu kokunikezwa kuka-1978, ukuzimela kwakunganakwa kakhulu esifundeni. Yaphetha ngokucela ukuthi i-Abkhazia isuswe kwi-Georgian SSR, futhi ibuyiselwe njengerephabliki eligcwele laseSoviet, elifana ne-SSR Abkhazia. Lokhu kwalandelwa ngo-March 1989 ngesimemezelo saseLykhny, okwakuwumbhalo osayinwe abantu abangaba ngu-37.000. Lokhu kwaholela emibhikishweni eGeorgia, eyafinyelela umvuthwandaba emhlanganweni omkhulu wokulwa namaSoviet kanye nokuzimela kweGeorgia eTbilisi ngo-Ephreli 9, 1989, owawubizwa ngokuthi  <response>: kwabulawa abantu abangamashumi amabili, ikakhulukazi abesifazane abasebasha, kwalimala namakhulu ababhikishi. Inhlekelele yango-April 9 yasusa izinsalela zokugcina zokuthembeka kombuso waseSoviet eGeorgia futhi yaphoqa abantu abaningi baseGeorgia ukuba baphikise iSoviet Union, futhi babhebhethekisa ukungezwani kobuhlanga phakathi kwamaGeorgia namanye amaqembu, ikakhulukazi ama-Abkhaz nama-Ossetian. Imibhikisho eyengeziwe eSukhumi ephikisana nokusungulwa kwegatsha leTbilisi State University yaqinisa ubuzwe bama-Abkhaz. 