Stalin’s political heirs fought for power after his death in 1953, a struggle in which Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev emerged triumphant. He launched an attack on Beria and accused him of being in the pay of British intelligence. The Georgians protested anti-Beria politics led by Khrushchev.

14-year old boys – Zviad Gamsakhurdia and Anatoli Mikadze established a youth underground group. They sought to circulate reports of human rights abuses. Tamaz Gunjua and Vladimer Sikharulidze joined the group. The group temporarily stopped acting due to the political activities of Beria which were exposed.

At the 20th Congress of the Communist party of the Soviet Union, those people who early followed Stalin’s course, denounced the personality cult and dictatorship of Joseph Stalin.

Stalin’s excessive power, ambition and politics were strongly criticized. Although Stalin’s politics caused much harm to Georgia, his ethnical origin was still stressed.

The March 1956 demonstrations were a reaction to Nikita Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization policy, which shocked the younger Georgians raised on Stalinist ideology and wounded their national feelings. Later on March 9, the troops deployed in the city opened fire upon the students picketing the government building. More than 150 students were killed and even more were mutilated. The group of Zviad Gamsakhurdia gathered again and called their group the Gorgasliani (a reference to the ancient line of Georgian kings).

They established a fund of membership dues, collected 30 roubles and bought a printing machine. At night, on December 1, 1956 they printed anti-Soviet proclamations, which were seven in all.

In the morning, on December 2 the people saw vague proclamations on the walls of Rustaveli and Plekhanov Avenues.

The members of the group exposed their anti-Soviet attitude by dissemination of anti-communist literature and proclamation.

On December 15, 1956 the Security Committee arrested the following members of the group: Zviad Gamsakhurdia – the 11th grade pupil of the secondary school No.42; Anatoli Mikadze – the 10th grade pupil of the secondary school No.42; Merab Kostava – the 10th grade pupil of Tbilisi music school; Teimuraz Tsertsvadze – the 11th grade pupil of secondary school No.1; Tamaz Gunjua – the pupil of Tbilisi secondary school No.1; Vladimer Sikharulidze– the 11th grade of the secondary school No.1; Temur Metreveli – the 11th grade pupil of the secondary school No.47.

On December 28, 1956 State Security Committee, co-existing at Ministers Council of Georgia, wrote a letter to Moscow with the following signature “совершенно секретно”. The addressee of the letter was M.P.Maliarov, a head of the Investigation Depatment of Security Committee of the USSR. The letter informed the following: On March 9, 1956 several young persons who were dissatisfied with on-going events in Tbilisi formed illegal group which was to carry out anti-Soviet activity. The members of the group were of anti-Russian inclination and often hold demonstrations in the streets.

It was written in the letter that G. Dochanashvili was wounded and some persons were arrested during the demonstrations.

Although the members of the Gorgasliani were questioned and brought before the court they didn’t change their ideology. Their dream was to see independent Georgia…