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April 29, 1989

Decree of the CC CPSU Secretariat, 'The Issue of the Events in the City of Tbilisi'

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29 April 1989

 

No. ST 100/105I      

Top Secret

 

The Commission consisting of Cdes. G.S. Tarazevich (Chairman); G.V. Sergeyev; V.L. Govorov; V.P. Pirozhkov; N.I. Demidov; and O.V. Kvilitaya is charged with studying the circumstances of the events which took place on 9 April in the city of Tbilisi and reporting to the CC CPSU.[i]

 

Results of the voting:

V. Chebrikov     for

A. Yakovlev    for

V. Medvedev     for

N. Nikonov     for

M. Gorbachev[ii]     for

Ye. Ligachev     for

L. Zaykov     for

Eh. Shevardnadze     for

O. Baklanov     for

N. Slyun’kov     for

 

[i] The document was initialed by A. S. Pavlov before the vote.

[ii]Translator’s note: Gorbachev’s name was placed to the left and on the same line as Ligachev’s name.

Decree approving the creation of a commission to study the situation in Tbilisi and the demonstrations which occurred on 9 April, 1989.

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TsKhSD. F. 5 Op. 34 D. 796 pp. 118-120 Original, published in Istoricheskij Arkhiv 3 (1993), pp. 101. Translated for CWIHP by Gary Goldberg

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