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The August 2008 Russo-Georgian War, also known as the Russian invasion of Georgia, [note 3] was a war waged against Georgia by the Russian Federation and the Russian-backed separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The fighting took place in the strategically important South Caucasus region. It is regarded as the first European war of ...
Democratic Republic of Georgia Russian SFSR Azerbaijan SSR: Victory Soviet offensive halted; 1921 Battle of Tbilisi Tbilisi, Georgia: Red Army invasion of Georgia: Democratic Republic of Georgia Russian SFSR: Defeat 1921 Battle of Osiauri Khashuri Municipality, Shida Kartli, Georgia: Red Army invasion of Georgia: Democratic Republic of Georgia
The Red Army invasion of Georgia (12 February – 17 March 1921), also known as the Georgian–Soviet War or the Soviet invasion of Georgia, [5] was a military campaign by the Russian Soviet Red Army aimed at overthrowing the Social Democratic government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG) and installing a Bolshevik regime (Communist Party of Georgia) in the country.
The rest of Sochinsky okrug is transferred to Russia; 1918 Armeno-Georgian War Democratic Republic of Georgia: First Republic of Armenia: Inconclusive With the intervention of Great Britain, a truce was concluded between Armenia and Georgia. 1918-1920 Georgian–Ossetian conflict (1918–1920) First Ossetian uprising [11] Second Ossetian uprising
The resulting battle, known as the Georgian uprising on Texel, continued from April 5, 1945, past the general German surrender, until May 20. This event is sometimes described as Europe's last battle. [10] In accordance with inter-Allied agreements, all Soviet citizens were to be repatriated, by force if necessary, to the Soviet Union.
[citation needed] The German invasion therefore caught the Soviet military and civilian leadership largely by surprise. The extent of warnings received by Stalin about a German invasion is controversial, and the claim that there was a warning that "Germany will attack on 22 June without declaration of war" has been dismissed as a "popular myth".
Though tensions had existed between Georgia and Russia for years and more intensively since the Rose Revolution, the diplomatic crisis increased significantly in the spring of 2008, namely after Western powers recognized the independence of Kosovo in February and following Georgian attempts to gain a NATO Membership Action Plan at the 2008 Bucharest Summit; and while the eventual war saw a ...
Georgia was dragged into wars against Armenia and remnants of the Ottoman Empire, while the rapid spread of ideas of revolutionary socialism in rural regions accounted for some Soviet-backed peasants' revolts in Racha, Samegrelo and Dusheti. In 1921, the crisis came to a head. The 11th Red Army invaded Georgia from the south and headed to Tbilisi.