2004 Adjara crisis

2004 Adjara crisis
	Part of Aftermath of the Rose Revolution
Date	23 November 2003 – 20 July 2004
Location	Adjara, Georgia
Result	Government forces victory Aslan Abashidze flees to Russia;
Belligerents
Government forces of Georgia Internal Troops of Georgia; Georgian National Guard; Anti-Abashidze Protesters;	Adjara administration State Security of Adjara; Pro-Abashidze forces and protesters;
Commanders and leaders
Mikheil Saakashvili	Aslan Abashidze

The Adjara crisis (Georgian: აჭარის კრიზისი, romanized: ach'aris k'rizisi), also known as the Adjarian Revolution or the Second Rose Revolution, was a political crisis in Georgia's Adjaran Autonomous Republic, then led by Aslan Abashidze, who refused to obey the central authorities after President Eduard Shevardnadze's ouster during the Rose Revolution of November 2003. The crisis threatened to develop into military confrontation as both sides mobilized their forces at the internal border. However, Georgia's post-revolutionary government of President Mikheil Saakashvili managed to avoid bloodshed and with the help of Adjaran opposition reasserted its supremacy. Abashidze left the region in exile in May 2004 and was succeeded by Levan Varshalomidze.