Word: gamsakhurdia
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Chaos in Georgia With ethnic war threatening to fracture the former Soviet republic of Georgia into several smaller units, ousted President Zviad Gamsakhurdia seized the western province of Mingrelia. ''This can be compared to the French Resistance,'' said Gamsakhurdia. Meanwhile, separatists who captured Abkhazia, the westernmost region of Georgia, continued ''ethnic cleansing''-style expulsions...