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02/25/2026 is National Pink Shirt Day 👚🇨🇦, Soviet Occupation Day 🇬🇪, National Chocolate Covered Nut Day 🇺🇸, National Clam Chowder Day 🇺🇸, Let's All Eat Right Day 🇺🇸 #nationalpinkshirtday #sovietoccupationday #nationalchocolatecoverednutday #nationalclamchowderday #letsalleatrightday

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02/25/2025 is World Spay Day 🌎, Soviet Occupation Day 🇬🇪, National Chocolate Covered Nut Day 🇺🇸, National Clam Chowder Day 🇺🇸, Let's All Eat Right Day 🇺🇸 #worldspayday #sovietoccupationday #nationalchocolatecoverednutday #nationalclamchowderday #letsalleatrightday

It's #SovietOccupationDay in Georgia. Here's the massive 2007 statue of Medea defiantly waving the golden fleece, designed by sculptor Devi Khmaladze, installed in Batumi as an an emblem of Georgia’s pro-Western orientation in the aftermath of the dissolution of the Soviet Union.