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Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of Georgia is Tbilisi...

Timeline of Events

1121

8.12.1121

Battle of Didgori: the Georgian army under King David the Builder wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.

1907

3.24.1907

The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper ''Dro'' is published.

1924

8.28.1924

The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.

1978

4.14.1978

1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.

1989

4.9.1989

The April 9 tragedy in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR an anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strikes, demanding restoration of Georgian independence is dispersed by the Soviet army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.

1990

9.20.1990

South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.

1991

5.26.1991

Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.

11.28.1991

South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.

1992

2.23.1992

The Socialist Labour Party is founded in the nation of Georgia.

7.23.1992

Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.

7.31.1992

Georgia joins the United Nations.

1993

9.22.1993

A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.

2003

11.23.2003

Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.

2004

1.14.2004

The national flag of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.

2005

5.10.2005

A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 65 feet (20 metres) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.

2006

11.12.2006

The region of South Ossetia holds a referendum on independence from Georgia.

2008

8.7.2008

Georgia launches a military offensive against South Ossetia to counter the alleged Russian invasion, starting the South Ossetia War.

8.26.2008

Russia unilaterally recognizes the independence of the former Georgian breakaway republics Abkhazia and South Ossetia.