"Taburetka" Evolution

The stencil was part of the protest wave against violence organized by some clerics of the Georgian Orthodox Church.

On May 17, 2013, priests led a mob of thousands against a small-scale demonstration that in turn was organized against homophobia. The mob chased and beat the peaceful rally participants in the narrow streets and in public transport.

During these developments cameras captured an image of a priest holding a taburetka (the Russian word for "stool" in turn borrowed from French and still in common use in the Caucasus) and attacking with it the bus and people around it. As a result, the taburetka became a symbol of the church-motivated violence against human rights activists.

The graphic had disappeared by summer 2018.