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{{Infobox country|name=Georgia|native_name=საქართველო|image_flag=Flag of Georgia.svg|largest_city=[[Tbilisi]]|image_coat=Georgian COA.svg|capital=[[Tbilisi]]|image_map=Georgia map.svg|map_width=260|map_caption=Claimed territories of [[Abkhazia]] and [[South Ossetia]] in light green|official_languages=Georgian|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|government_type=Unitary parliamentary bourgeois republic|established_event1=Sovereignty declared|established_date1=26 May 1990|established_event2=Secession from [[USSR]]|established_date2=9 April 1991|established_event3=Secession recognized|established_date3=26 December 1991|area_km2=69,700|population_estimate=3,688,647|population_estimate_year=2022}} | {{Infobox country|name=Georgia|native_name=საქართველო|image_flag=Flag of Georgia.svg|largest_city=[[Tbilisi]]|image_coat=Georgian COA.svg|capital=[[Tbilisi]]|image_map=Georgia map.svg|map_width=260|map_caption=Claimed territories of [[Abkhazia]] and [[South Ossetia]] in light green|official_languages=Georgian|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|government_type=Unitary parliamentary bourgeois republic|established_event1=Sovereignty declared|established_date1=26 May 1990|established_event2=Secession from [[USSR]]|established_date2=9 April 1991|established_event3=Secession recognized|established_date3=26 December 1991|area_km2=69,700|population_estimate=3,688,647|population_estimate_year=2022}} | ||
'''Georgia''' is a country in the [[Caucasus]]. It is a close ally of the [[United States of America|U.S.]] and participated in the [[Iraq War|invasion of Iraq]] with the third largest part of the occupation forces. During the first ten years of its independence, from 1991 to 2001, Georgia received over $1 billion in aid from the United States.<ref name=":0">{{News citation|author=Saul Kanowitz|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]|title=Russia, Georgia, and independence in the age of imperialism|date=2008-08-15|url=https://liberationschool.org/08-08-15-russia-georgia-independence-in-html/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523233443/https://liberationschool.org/08-08-15-russia-georgia-independence-in-html/|archive-date=2021-05-23|retrieved=2022-06-21 | '''Georgia''' is a country in the [[Caucasus]]. It is a close ally of the [[United States of America|U.S.]] and participated in the [[Iraq War|invasion of Iraq]] with the third largest part of the occupation forces. During the first ten years of its independence, from 1991 to 2001, Georgia received over $1 billion in aid from the United States.<ref name=":0">{{News citation|author=Saul Kanowitz|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]|title=Russia, Georgia, and independence in the age of imperialism|date=2008-08-15|url=https://liberationschool.org/08-08-15-russia-georgia-independence-in-html/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523233443/https://liberationschool.org/08-08-15-russia-georgia-independence-in-html/|archive-date=2021-05-23|retrieved=2022-06-21}}</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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=== Soviet era === | === Soviet era === | ||
In 1956, riots broke out in Tbilisi against [[Nikita Khrushchev|Khrushchev]]'s [[de-Stalinization]] campaign. The Georgian SSR adopted a new constitution in 1978.'''<ref name=":02" />''' | In 1956, riots broke out in Tbilisi against [[Nikita Khrushchev|Khrushchev]]'s [[de-Stalinization]] campaign. The Georgian SSR adopted a new constitution in 1978.'''<ref name=":02" />''' | ||
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President [[Mikheil Saakashvili]] was put in power in 2004 after the U.S. organized a [[Colour revolution|color revolution]] known as the [[Rose Revolution]]. In August 2008, Georgia bombed South Ossetia. They fired missiles at civilian areas but were quickly driven out by Russian forces.<ref name=":0" /> | President [[Mikheil Saakashvili]] was put in power in 2004 after the U.S. organized a [[Colour revolution|color revolution]] known as the [[Rose Revolution]]. In August 2008, Georgia bombed South Ossetia. They fired missiles at civilian areas but were quickly driven out by Russian forces.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:Countries]] | [[Category:Countries]] | ||