September 30 was chosen as the Independence Day to commemorate the date on which the Georgian government troops and ethnic Georgians were driven out by the Abkhaz secessionist forces and their allies from much of Abkhazia, including the capital, Sukhumi, in a series of fierce battles during the war in Abkhazia in 1993. On August 14, 1992, troops of the State Council of Georgia led by Tengiz Kitovani entered in Abkhazia. The Museum of War Glory in central Sukhumi, which was opened in December 2014, has artifacts and memorabilia from the war.