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Georgia

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Georgia
საქართველო
Capital
and largest city
Tbilisi
Official languagesGeorgian
Dominant mode of productionCapitalism
GovernmentUnitary parliamentary bourgeois republic
History
• Sovereignty declared
26 May 1990
• Secession from USSR
9 April 1991
• Secession recognized
26 December 1991
Area
• Total
69,700 km²
Population
• 2022 estimate
3,688,647


Georgia is a country in the Caucasus. It is a close ally of the U.S. and participated in the invasion of Iraq with the third largest part of the occupation forces.[1]

History

In 1990, shortly before the dissolution of the USSR, the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast declared its independence from Georgia. Georgia attempted to remove South Ossetia's autonomous status and made Georgian the official language throughout the country. Another former region of the Georgian SSR, Abkhazia, also declared independence and has been supported by Russia since 1992. During the first ten years of its independence, from 1991 to 2001, Georgia received over $1 billion in aid from the United States.

President Mikheil Saakashvili was put in power in 2004 after the U.S. organized a 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.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Saul Kanowitz (2008-08-15). "Russia, Georgia, and independence in the age of imperialism" Liberation School. Archived from the original on 2021-05-23. Retrieved 2022-06-21.