There had been Nationalist protests in Georgia, ironically partly because o Khrushchev´s denouncing of Stalin, who despite his notority was seen by Georgians as one of theirs, who ruled over Russia. The protests grew but were put down violantly. The Soviet propaganda acused the protesters to attack ethnic Russians and Armenians. Even the Communist Party in Georgia was alienated, after the violant crackdown. Reports concerning deaths varied from a few dozend to several hundred . What if there was an armed insurgency with the goal to secede from the Soviet Union ?