Geno Adamia

Geno Adamia (Georgian: გენო ადამია; 8 March 1936 – 28 September 1993) was a Georgian military commander who was killed during the Georgian–Abkhaz War.

A native of Senaki, he engaged, immediately after the outbreak of the hostilities in 1992, to support the invasion of Georgian Forces in Abkhazia. Adamia organized a large volunteer detachment of the citizens of Sukhumi and was actively involved in the aggression against the non-Georgian population of Abkhazia. He was soon promoted to Major General and appointed the commander of the 23rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia. One of the most energetic and popular Georgian commanders, he refused to surrender when Sukhumi was liberated on 27 September 1993. With a tiny force, he continued to fight in the vicinities of Sukhumi and trying to organize a counterattack on Sukhumi, he died in the action at the Kelasuri Bridge on 28 September. He is well-known for his close relation to former Minister of Defense of Russia Sergei Shoigu.

Adamia's friends ransomed his body which was buried in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, in November 1993. The Georgian society, especially the IDPs from Abkhazia, marked the 70th anniversary of his birth on 8 March 2006. On 27 September 2020, he was awarded the Order of the National Hero of Georgia.^[1]

References

^ "გიორგი გახარიამ აფხაზეთის ომში დაღუპული გენერალ-მაიორის, გენო ადამიას შვილებს საქართველოს უმაღლესი სახელმწიფო ჯილდო - ეროვნული გმირის ორდენი გადასცა" (in Georgian). InterPressNews. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

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[1] "გიორგი გახარიამ აფხაზეთის ომში დაღუპული გენერალ-მაიორის, გენო ადამიას შვილებს საქართველოს უმაღლესი სახელმწიფო ჯილდო - ეროვნული გმირის ორდენი გადასცა" (in Georgian). InterPressNews. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

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