Vakhtang Kolbaia, the Acting Chairman of Government of the A/R of Abkhazia, Elguja Gvazava, Chairman of the Supreme Council of the A/R of Abkhazia together with members of government and Deputies of the Supreme Council  paid tribute to the memory of the Georgian Junkers and laid wreath on the Memorial of the Junkers killed in the fight for independence of Georgia in Kojori.

February 25 of 1921 is one of the tragic and painful dates in Georgia’s history. Russia’s 11th Army entered in Georgia. Georgian Army with volunteers tried to fight the enemy. The main battles took place near Kojori and Tabakhmela, where Georgian cadets (Junkers in Georgian) played an important role in fighting Russian army. Soviet forces took the Georgian capital Tbilisi and Government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia went in exile.