Monument ‘Revolution Breaks Out’

Location: Tbilisi, Georgia

Completed: 1988

Architects: H. Tevzadze, G. Japaridze, D. Sultanishvili (architects) and Georgy Shkhvatsabaya (sculptor)

Genre: Soviet monument, former USSR

The monument is associated with the poem “Let the Banners Wave on High!” by Galaktion Tabidze, a renowned 20th-century Georgian poet who wrote the verse about the February Revolution of 1917.

9th April Park Tbilisi Georgia-2-20

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