The ensuing confusion among many Soviet citizens , bred on the panegyrics and permanent praise of the `` genius '' of Stalin , was especially apparent in the Georgian SSR , Stalin 's homeland , where the days of protests and rioting ended with the Soviet army crackdown on March 9 , 1956 .
This was especially obvious in the Georgian SSR , Stalin 's homeland , where rioting ended with the Soviet Red Army crackdown on 9 March 1956 .