<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukufika 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 omkhulu wokulwa neSoviet kanye nokuzimela kweGeorgia eTbilisi ngo-Ephreli 9, 1989, owahlakazeka ngobudlova  <response>: amabutho oMnyango Wezangaphakathi waseSoviet, okwaphumela ekufeni kwabantu abangamashumi amabili, ikakhulukazi abesifazane abasha, nasekulimazweni kwamakhulu 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. 