When was Jumber Patiashvili removed from his position as First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party by Gorbachev ?
The protests climaxed in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi and evolved into a major anti-Soviet and pro-independence rally on April 9 , 1989 , which was violently dispersed by the Soviet Interior Ministry troops , resulting in the deaths of twenty , mostly young women , and the injury of hundreds of demonstrators .