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List of battles involving Georgia (country)

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This is a list of the battles in the history of the country of Georgia.

The list gives the name, the date, the combatants, and the result of the battles following this legend:

  Georgian victory
  Georgian defeat
  Another result (*e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result,
status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)
  Ongoing conflict
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Antiquity

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Early medieval fragmentation

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Kingdom of Georgia (1008–1490)

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Royal triarchy and principalities (1490–1801)

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Russian Empire

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Georgian Democratic Republic (1918–1921)

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Soviet Union (1922–1991)

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Republic of Georgia (1991–)

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Notes

  1. Archaepolis
  2. Tbilisi is burnt down and its emir Sahak is executed, while Kouropalates of Tao-Klarjeti Bagrat I briefly gains Kartli.[18]
  3. Nasra is put to death at Aspindza and Adarnase crowns himself as the King of the Iberians
  4. Despite victory, Constantine III of Abkhazia soon reclaims Shida Kartli
  5. Seljuks take the fortress with heavy casualties, but halt their further advance into western Georgia due to a harsh winter
  6. Or 1075[37]
  7. Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti conclusively annexed to the Kingdom of Georgia in 1105
  8. Ganja is returned to Seljuks after brief Georgian possession from 1139 to 1143.
  9. Giorgi III demanded tax arrears from the Emir of Ganja but was defeated.
  10. Last battle between Eldiguzids and Kingdom of Georgia
  11. Last siege of Alinja
  12. Jahan Shah quietly left the battlefield at night and escaped to Tabriz
  13. Qvarqvare is reinstalled as the prince of Samtskhe-Saatabago
  14. Kingdom of Kartli recognizes the ascension of Gurian-supported Levan of Kakheti to the throne.
  15. Simon I of Kartli defeats Safavids in a battle, but is captured and imprisoned, while Daud Khan assumes nominal control of Kartli
  16. Giorgi II of Guria overthrows Mingrelian prince George III Dadiani and installs Mamia IV Dadiani instead
  17. Georgian-Kizilbash army fails to recapture Tbilisi[79]
  18. Army of the Ottoman Empire fails to capture Kartli
  19. Simon I of Kartli recognizes Rostom as the King of Imereti
  20. King Simon I of Kartli liberates city Gori from the Ottoman Empire
  21. Simon who was taken captive, was brought to Istanbul and imprisoned in Yedikule.
  22. Vameq is confirmed as Prince of Mingrelia and Imereti restores hegemony over western Georgia.
  23. 80,000 Turkoman and Persian killed by Georgians
  24. George IV of Guria is crowned as King of Imereti, but George VII of Imereti soon regains power
  25. Erivan Khanate becomes vassal of the Kingdom of Kartli and Kakheti[94]
  26. Erivan Khanate and Ganja Khanate again become vassals of the Kingdom of Kartli and Kakheti[95]
  27. Lower Guria remains under Ottoman control
  28. Khevsurs encircle Russians, but Russians manage to escape
  29. Russian general Ivan Gudovich fails to capture Akhalkalaki and retreats while having lost a third of his forces.
  30. Abkhazia joins Russian Empire as an autonomous principality
  31. Prince Alexander is defeated after initial victory
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