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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Tbilisi

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244: 232: 260: 43: 243: 200:, as well as sculptures to fallen soldiers and the rising figure of the goddess Kali Ma (black mother). Georgian veterans of war and residents of the capital gather at the tomb to commemorate holidays such as 171: 384: 389: 74: 192:
Between 1981 and 1985, Georgian sculptor Giorgi Ochiauri created sculptures that were placed around the tomb, which would later be moved in 2009 to
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Vake Park, the area that houses the Tomb to the Unknown Soldier
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Monument and memorial in Vake Park, Tbilisi, Georgia
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Georgia

Second World War
41°42′30″N 44°45′5″E / 41.70833°N 44.75139°E / 41.70833; 44.75139
Tbilisi
Georgian
romanized
Vake Park
Tbilisi
Georgia
Red Army
Second World War
Leonid Brezhnev
First Secretary
Communist Party
Georgian SSR
Eduard Shevardnadze
diamond jubilee
Gori Fortress
eternal flame
Victory Day (9 May)
state visits
Leonid Brezhnev
Margaret Thatcher
Alexander Lukashenko
The eternal flame.
President Salome Zourabichvili laying flowers at the memorial.
Salome Zourabichvili
Vake Park
"Tbilisi Neighborhood Reports: Vake & Mtatsminda"

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