<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Kusukela ekuwohlokeni kweSoviet Union, iTbilisi iye yaba nezikhathi zokungazinzi nezinxushunxushu. Ngemuva kwempi yombango emfushane, idolobha elalinyamezela amasonto amabili kusukela ngoDisemba 1991 kuya kuJanuwari 1992 lapho amabutho asekela uGamsakhurdia namabutho aphikisayo ehlangana, iTbilisi yaba yindawo yokubhekana okuvama okuhlomile phakathi kwamaqembu ahlukahlukene ama-mafia nabasebenza ngamabhizinisi angekho emthethweni. Ngisho nangesikhathi seShevardnadze Era 19932003, ubugebengu nenkohlakalo kwakhula kakhulu cishe kuwo wonke amazinga omphakathi. Izingxenye eziningi zomphakathi zaba mpofu ngenxa yokuntuleka kwemisebenzi okwakubangelwa ukuwohloka komnotho. Izakhamuzi ezivamile zaseTbilisi zaqala ukuphelelwa yithemba ngokwengeziwe ngekhwalithi yempilo ekhona edolobheni nesizwe sisonke. Imibhikisho emikhulu yenzeka ngoNovemba 2003 ngemva kokhetho lwephalamende olwalukhohlisiwe olwadudula abantu abangaphezu kuka-100 000 emigwaqweni futhi lwaphetha nge-Rose Revolution. Kusukela ngo-2003, iTbilisi iye yazinza kakhulu ngenxa yokwehla kwezinga lobugebengu, ukuthuthuka komnotho nokuchuma kwezakhiwo. Phakathi nenkathi  <response>: Impi yaseNingizimu Ossetia ngo-2008, indawo yaseTbilisi yahlaselwa yizindiza eziningi zaseRussia. 