I was born in the UK, but I’ve spent a hefty chunk of my living in Georgia. Most of that time has been in and around Tbilisi, so I know what I am talking about.
In 1924, a rebellion against Bolshevik rule broke out in western Georgia. The opening shots were fired in the manganese mining town of Chiatura, which had for years stood at the centre of working class struggles in the country. The miners were loyal to the Social Democratic Party, which had been ousted from power by a Red Army invasion three years earlier. The rebellion spread across the country, leading both Stalin and Zinoviev to declare that it constituted a threat even greater than the 1921 Kronstadt rebellion.