<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Phakathi neminyaka yakhe yesikole, uGiya wayengumdlali ovelele futhi wayeyingxenye yeqembu laseSoviet le-Olympic elisele emjahweni wamamitha angu-100 nangu-200. Ebuntwaneni bakhe uGiya wakhulela endaweni enezilimi eziningi ekhuluma isiRussia, isiGeorgia nesiNgisi esikoleni nesi-Ukraine ekhaya. Ngo-1986 uGiya wabhalisa e-Foreign Languages Institute eTbilisi ngokukhethekile ngolimi lwesiNgisi, kodwa ngo-1987 wayesevele ebuthelwe eSoviet Army esebenza eTurkmenistan emngceleni ne-Iran. Unina wathi kwakudingeka akhokhe ukuze agweme ukuthi uGeorgiy athunyelwe e-Afghanistan Impi yaseSoviet-Afghan. Phakathi naleso sikhathi umholi waseSoviet uMikhail Gorbachev waqala izinguquko zakhe i-perestroika kanye nokukhululwa kokucwaninga i-glasnost. Le nqubo yavele yasheshisa inqubo yokuhlakazwa kweSoviet Union. Ezama ukumisa le nqubo nokulondoloza umbuso waseSoviet, kwaqubuka izingxabano eziningana ezihlomile nezomphakathi eSoviet Union phakathi kwazo okwakukhona inhlekelele ka-April 9  <response>: Amasosha aseSoviet abulala izakhamuzi ezingama-20 ezingahlomile okwenza amaGeorgia amaningi abe nenkani kuhlanganise noGeorgiy Gongadze. 