 The anti-nationalist measures also included the dismissal of , a popular professor who taught a course on Georgian literature at Tbilisi University and was known for his anti-Soviet feelings.In March 1981, over 1,000 students protested and achieved the restoration of Bakradze to his position.Later that month, large groups of students and intellectuals demonstrated in defence of Georgian national rights and submitted to the Georgian party leadership a document entitled "The Demands of the Georgian People".