during the soviet period, manglisi continued to function as a spa and its sanatoriums provided services for people with respiratory diseases. in 1924, the state-run airline zakavia organized a short-lived line tiflis—manglis to serve local tourist interests. on august 29, 1924, the red army barracks in manglisi were raided, ultimately unsuccessfully, by anti-soviet insurgents led by kakutsa cholokashvili.