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Bolnisi, Battle of (1227/1228)
Decisive battle between the Georgian forces and Jalāl al-Dīn’s Khwarazmean forces in 1227(or 1228). Following the Mongol invasions of Central…
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Garhni, Battle of (1225)
Major battle between the Georgian army led by Ivane Mkhargrdzeli and the Khwarazmean forces of Jalāl al-Dīn. The Khwarazmean forces…
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Basian, Battle of (1203)
Decisive battle between the Georgians and the Seljuk Turks of Rüm near Basian, in the vicinity of Erzurum (in modern…
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Shamkhor, Battle of (1195)
Major battle between the Georgian army and Atabeg Abu-Bakr of Arran in June 1195 near Shamkhor (present day-Shamkir, Azerbaijan). In…
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Didgori, Battle of (1121)
Conflict between Georgian and a Muslim coalition on the Didgori Field near Tbilisi in August 1121; the battle is usually…
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Sasireti, Battle of (1046)
Battle between the armies of King Bagrat IV (1027–1072) of Georgia and the powerful Lord Liparit IV Baghvashi of Kldekari…
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Alexander Mikaberidze – ‘Miraculous Victory:’ Battle of Didgori, 1121
Forgotten Battle in the Kingdom of Georgia during the Age of the Crusades We will rather die on the battlefield…
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Second Democratic Republic
The last decade of the 20th century proved to be extremely tense for Georgia. Ethnic conflicts and civil wars, combined…
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Soviet Georgia
Bolshevik Invasion By 1920, Soviet Russia actively sought to extend its hegemony to south Caucasia. Sergo Ordzhonikidze coordinated the Bolshevik…
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First Democratic Republic
The revolutionary upheaval of 1917 in Russia and the collapse of the imperial government created unexpected conditions for the outlying…
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