What Major Historical Events Took Place In Georgia Between 1990 - 1997?

Following are the key historical events that Took Place In Georgia Between 1990 - 1997:
- Elections in October 1990.
- Gained independence from Soviet Union on May 26, 1991.
- Zviad Gamsakhurdia elected as first president.
- The president was deposed in a bloody coup from dec 22,1991-Jan 6,1992.
- Eduard Shevardnadze returned to Georgia in 1992 and joined the leaders of the coup
- civil war from 1992-1995
- More than 250,000 Georgians were ethnically killed in Abkhazia during 1992-1993.
- economic crisis throughout the 90's.
- Eduard Shevardnadze elected as President in 1995
- Gets stable by late 1990.

The Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia (1996)