Geno Adamia
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Geno Adamia (
.A native of
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 fell on 27 September 1993. With a tiny force, he continued to fight in the vicinities of Sukhumi and trying to organize a counterattack on the seized Sukhumi, he was killed in the action at the Kelasuri Bridge on 28 September.
Adamia's friends ransomed his body which was buried in
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.