Georgıa Parade Independence Day

epa02173538 Georgian troops take part in the military parade in front of the Parliament building marking the country's Independence Day in Tbilisi, Georgia 26 May 2010.  The Act of Independence of Georgia was declared on May 26, 1918. The 1918?1921 independence of Georgia, though short-lived, was of particular importance for the development of national feeling among the Georgians, a major factor that made the country one of the most active independent forces within the Soviet Union. On April 9, 1991 the independence of Georgia was restored when the Act of the Restoration of State Independence of Georgia was adopted by the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia.  EPA/ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE