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Georgia is a mountainous country situated almost entirely in the South Caucasus, while some slivers of the country are situated north of the Caucasus Watershed in the North Caucasus. [ 176 ] [ 177 ] The country lies between latitudes 41° and 44° N , and longitudes 40° and 47° E , with an area of 67,900 km 2 (26,216 sq mi).
The Soviet Government forced Georgia to cede several areas to Turkey (the province of Tao-Klarjeti and part of Batumi province), Azerbaijan (the province of Hereti/Saingilo), Armenia (the Lore region) and Russia (northeastern corner of Khevi, eastern Georgia). Georgia was spared the worst excesses of the collectivization which started in 1930 ...
Georgia's 2018 total gross state product was $602 billion. [88] For years Georgia as a state has had the highest credit rating by Standard & Poor's (AAA) and is one of only 15 states with a AAA rating. [89] If Georgia were a stand-alone country, it would be the 28th-largest economy in the world, based on data from 2005. [90] Total employment ...
Provides an overview of Georgia, including key events and facts about this country in the Caucasus. ... Georgia country profile. October 28, 2024 at 5:57 AM [BBC] ... Houses in old Tbilisi [Getty ...
The full, official name of the country is simply "Georgia", as specified in the Georgian constitution which reads "Georgia is the name of the state of Georgia." [4] Before the 1995 constitution came into force the country's name was the Republic of Georgia.
Salome Zourabichvili's family fled Georgia in 1921 after Soviet forces snuffed out the country's three-year experiment with independence from Russia. A century later, Georgia's pro-Western ...
Transition to the Twentieth Century: Thomas County, Georgia, 1900–1920 2002. vol 4 of comprehensive history of one county. Scott, Thomas Allan. Cobb County, Georgia, and the Origin of the Suburban South: A Twentieth Century History (2003). Werner, Randolph D. "The New South Creed and the Limits of Radicalism: Augusta, Georgia, before the 1890s."
Georgia (country) – country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia, located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. After a brief period of independence following the Russian Revolution of 1917 , Georgia was occupied by Soviet Russia in 1921, becoming the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic and part of the Soviet Union .