2011 in Georgia (country)
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Events in the year 2011 in Georgia.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 4 April - Georgian Airways Flight 834, chartered by the United Nations, crashes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo while trying to land in N'djili Airport in Kinshasa.[1]
- 21 May - Anti-government protests against President Saakashvili begin in Tbilisi[2]
- 13 November - 2011 South Ossetian referendum
- 13 November - 2011 South Ossetian presidential election[3]
Arts and entertainment
[edit]In music: Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.
Sports
[edit]Football (soccer) competitions: Umaglesi Liga, Georgian Cup.
Births
[edit]- 27 September - Giorgi Bagration Bagrationi, son of Prince David Bagration of Mukhrani and Princess Anna Bagrationi Gruzinsky[4]
Deaths
[edit]- January 10 — Shota Kviraia, ex-Minister of Interior (1993–1995) and of Security (1995–1997), kidney failure, Moscow.[5]
- July 19 — Vakhtang Gogolashvili, writer (born 1932).
References
[edit]- ^ "Fatal UN plane crash at DR Congo's Kinshasa airport". BBC News. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ^ Antidze, Margarita (2011-05-24). "Georgian protests, TV building attacked". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2011-06-25. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ "Ruo.su" В Южной Осетии начались выборы президента (in Russian). South Ossetian Electoral Commission. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ "Protesto Geração à Rasca juntou entre 160 e 280 mil pessoas só em Lisboa e Porto – Sociedade – PUBLICO.PT". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
- ^ "Экс-глава МВД и КГБ Грузии Шота Квирая скончался в Москве [Ex-head of Georgian MIA and CSS dies in Moscow]" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
