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'''Geno Adamia''' ({{lang-ka|გენო ადამია}}; 8 March 1936 – 28 September 1993) was a [[Georgians|Georgian]] [[Military of Georgia|military]] commander who was killed during the war in [[Abkhazia]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].

A native of [[Senaki]], he engaged, immediately after the [[Georgian-Abkhaz conflict|outbreak of the hostilities]] in 1992, in the struggle with the [[Abkhaz people|Abkhaz]] separatists who fought for the secession of Georgia's [[autonomous republic]] of Abkhazia, where the [[Georgians]] constituted 45.7% of the population. Adamia organized a large volunteer detachment of the citizens of Sukhumi and was actively involved in the defence of the city against the combined Abkhaz-[[North Caucasus|North Caucasian]] forces aided by the [[Russian military|Russian]] navy and aviation. He was soon promoted to [[Major General]] and appointed the commander of the 23rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia. One of the most energetic and popular Georgian commanders, he refused to surrender when Sukhumi fell on 27 September 1993. With a tiny force, he continued to fight in the vicinities of Sukhumi and trying to organize a counterattack on the seized Sukhumi, he was killed in the action at the Kelasuri Bridge on 28 September. 

Adamia's friends ransomed his body which was buried in [[Tbilisi]], the capital of Georgia, in November 1993. The Georgian society, especially the [[Internally displaced person|IDPs]] from Abkhazia, marked the 70th anniversary of his birth on 8 March 2006. On 27 September 2020, he was awarded the [[Order of the National Hero of Georgia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=გიორგი გახარიამ აფხაზეთის ომში დაღუპული გენერალ-მაიორის, გენო ადამიას შვილებს საქართველოს უმაღლესი სახელმწიფო ჯილდო - ეროვნული გმირის ორდენი გადასცა |url=https://www.interpressnews.ge/ka/article/620414-giorgi-gaxariam-apxazetis-omshi-dagupuli-general-maioris-geno-adamias-shvilebs-sakartvelos-umaglesi-saxelmcipo-jildo-erovnuli-gmiris-ordeni-gadasca/ |accessdate=27 September 2020 |agency=InterPressNews |language=ka}}</ref>

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== External links ==

* {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.apsny.ge/news/1141942702.php ''ГРУЗИЯ ОТМЕТИЛА 70-ЛЕТНЮЮ ГОДОВЩИНУ СО ДНЯ РОЖДЕНИЯ ГЕНЕРАЛ-МАЙОРА ГЕНО АДАМИЯ'']{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{in lang|ru}} [http://abkhazeti.info/abkhazia/2011/1299539568.php 8 марта отмечается 75-летие генерала Гено Адамиа, Наша Абхазия]

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[[Category:Generals of the Defense Forces of Georgia]]

[[Category:Abkhaz–Georgian conflict]]
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