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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 ...
Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, though they never reached Soviet Georgia. The main Georgian Legion was formed in December 1941. The Georgians trained in western Ukraine and became operational in the autumn of 1942. At least 30,000 Georgians served in the German armed forces during World War II.
[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".
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.
Red Army invasion of Georgia: Democratic Republic of Georgia Russian SFSR Georgian SSR. Defeat 1921 Battle of Surami Khashuri Municipality, Shida Kartli, Georgia: Red Army invasion of Georgia: Democratic Republic of Georgia Russian SFSR Georgian SSR. Defeat 1921 Battle of Batumi: Adjara, Georgia: Red Army invasion of Georgia: Democratic ...
August 13 - Both Russia and Georgia approved a ceasefire deal negotiated by President of France Nicolas Sarkozy, which included provision to retreat all forces to the lines held before the beginning of the war. [20] Russian occupation of Gori began several hours after the ceasefire deal. Gori is an important central Georgian city. [22]
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; Third Ossetian uprising [12] Democratic Republic of Georgia: Ossetian ...
A 1918 dispute about whether the region of Sochi (long under Georgian-Abkhazian rule) should be the border between Russia and Georgia sparked a conflict over control of the territory among the Democratic Republic of Georgia, the SFSR and the White movement. The Abkhazian nobility requested military aid from the Georgian government as Bolshevik ...