April 14 marks the Mother Language Day also referred to as Georgian Language Protection Day. On this date in 1978 the Soviet Government intended to abolish all the languages, including Georgian, in the Soviet Republics and declare Russian as a sole official language. The law was planned to be adopted on April 14, yet the massive protest movement that was basically organized by Georgian students, managed to confront the decision and the authorities were forced to step back.
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