How Russia saved Georgia from destruction
The myth of the “Russian occupation” of Georgia dominates in Georgia. However historical the truth is that Georgian lands at the time of their accession to Russia were in danger of total destruction by Turkey and Persia. The Georgian people were under constant threat of physical destruction (genocide), assimilation and Islamization of their remnants. Russia saved historical Georgia and its nationalities from complete disappearance from the face of the planet.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, in the majority of the former Soviet republics, large-scale programs of de-Sovietisation and de-Russification were started, accompanied by cave nationalism and Russophobia. Georgia has not passed this process.
The myth of the “Russian and Soviet occupation” of Georgia won in Georgia. If previously it was carried by a handful of pro-Western leaders, of the liberal national intelligentsia, by now this black myth is already dominant in the Georgian population. Corresponding information processing (education system, leading media, politicians and public figures, etc.) led to the fact that the younger generations of Georgians consider Russians as occupiers, aggressors. The 2008 war of the year, which led to the complete separation of Abkhazia and South Ossetia from Georgia, only strengthened these sentiments.
But The historical truth is that the Georgian lands at the time of their annexation to Russia were threatened with complete annihilation by Turkey and Persia. The Georgian people were under constant threat of physical destruction (genocide), assimilation and Islamization of its remnants. Russia saved historical Georgia and its people from complete disappearance from the face of the planet. At the same time, in fact, at that time there was no single Georgian people, but there were several nationalities and tribes, they became “Georgians” already in a favorable period of life within the USSR.
Creating a new historical myth about Georgia, Tbilisi preferred to forget that the Georgian rulers more than once asked Russia to intervene, take shelter and save the Georgian people. To forget that various historical areas of Georgia at various times became part of Russia were recaptured from the Turks at a great price, with the blood of Russian soldiers. And it was precisely as part of the Russia-USSR that these separate areas were merged into the united Georgian SSR. That the large-scale economic, socio-cultural development of Georgia as part of Russia led to the formation of the Georgian people.
Georgia has forgotten that many generations of Georgians enjoyed a peaceful life in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Forgot about the threat of genocide. What caused the growth of the population - a basic sign of prosperity, favorable living conditions of the people. They do not recall the fact that many of the best representatives of the Georgian people joined the Russian elite in the Russian Empire and the USSR. Suffice it to recall the famous Russian commander of Georgian origin, Bagration, the greatest leader of the Russian people, Stalin-Dzhugashvili, the best manager of the 20th century, Beria, etc. What the Georgians, together with the Russians, did was one thing, built an empire, a great Union, fought the Nazis. That only constructive work in a common project, like during the times of Soviet civilization, can bring prosperity to Georgia and Georgians.
Also in Georgia it is worth remembering the differences between Western and Russian development projects. Western invaders and colonialists always carry death and ruin, violence and robbery. The Western world is a parasitic project, a world of slave owners and slaves. Relative prosperity is only in the metropolis, the core of the capitalist system (although there too the domination of social parasites sooner or later leads to degradation and destruction). The colonial periphery has no bright future. Well, only representatives of the colonial administration and the comprador bourgeoisie, who are rich in selling their homeland, can get settled in the non-slave world.
Under the Russian and Soviet authorities, Georgia was part of a common project, a power, not a colony. Therefore, the economy, transport, social, cultural and educational infrastructure, and health care developed in Georgia. There were no ordinary phenomena for the Western colonialists - mass terror, genocide, parasitism on the resources and energy of the conquered people, the conversion of local residents into slaves or second-class people. Georgians were full members of a common empire. At the same time, they were not suppressed, on the contrary, local features and differences remained.
It is enough to recall the story of how Georgia turned out to be part of Russia in order to cast aside the lies about the “Russian occupation”. In the 15th century, the Georgian kingdom became an isolated Christian country in a hostile environment. Georgia fell into decay and split into several state entities, which were under the strong influence of Persia (Iran) and the Ottoman Empire, were under constant military threat from these regional powers. Part of the Georgian territory was occupied by Turkey and Persia. In 1555, Porta and Persia signed a peace treaty, delimiting their spheres of influence in the Caucasus. Imereti went to Turkey, and the Kartli and Kakheti kingdoms went to Persia.
At the same time during this period there were constantly bloody, devastating wars between Turkey and Iran for the region. Georgia has become a battlefield. The waves of invaders devastated the Georgian lands. The masses and the Ottomans led the people away to settle in other places or to sell them into slavery. Survivors and survivors of slavery fled to deep in the mountains, in remote places. Part of the population was forced to convert to Islam. There were also internal wars, strife between local rulers, feudal lords. North Caucasian mountaineers raided Georgia. The slave trade flourished. The once thriving cities and lands were empty, the population has declined sharply. Georgian nationality was on the verge of extinction.
Only the appearance of Christian Russia in the Caucasus saved the Georgian nationalities from complete extinction, assimilation and Islamization. Georgian rulers in the XVII - XVII Ivv. Repeatedly appealed to Russia with requests to take their citizenship and provide military assistance against Turkey and Persia. In 1638, the king of Mingrelia (Mengrelia is a historical region in Western Georgia) Leon sent a request to the Russian Tsar Mikhail to become a Russian citizen. In 1641, the chartered diploma was handed over to Kakhetian Tsar Teimuraz on the adoption of the Iberian Land (Iberia, Iberia - the historical name of Kakheti) under the auspices of the Russian kingdom. In 1657, the Georgian tribes — the Tushins, Khevsurs, and Pshavs, asked the emperor Alexey Mikhailovich to accept them into Russian citizenship.
Similar requests were repeated several times in the 18th century. However, Russia in this period could not yet solve the strategic task of integrating the Caucasus into its sphere of influence. In the 17th and the first half of the 18th century, Russia waged heavy wars to restore the unity of the Russian lands, with the goal of reaching the shores of the Baltic and the Black Sea. A lot of effort, resources and time was spent on solving internal problems. Tsar Peter began to open a window to the East (How Peter I cut the door to the East; As Peter I cut through the "door" to the East. Part of 2), however, the work begun by him was not continued by the successors. The era of the so-called. “Palace coups”, internal intrigues and discord slowed down Russia's movement to the South, including the Caucasus.
Only during the time of Empress Catherine II in the eastern politics of Russia, including the Caucasus, there was a radical change. Russia waged wars with Turkey for supremacy in the Northern Black Sea region and the sphere of interests of St. Petersburg and the Caucasus. During the Russian-Turkish war 1768 - 1774. Kartli-Kakheti and Imeretian kingdoms took the side of the Russians against the Ottomans. For the war in the Caucasus direction, a detachment of General Totleben was sent. Totleben's troops managed to take Turkish fortresses in Imereti and occupy Kutaisi. Russia defeated Turkey. Kyuchuk-Kaynardzhiysky world 1774 of the year facilitated the situation of the Georgian citizens of Porta, canceled the payment of tribute to Imeretia. The fortresses taken by the Russian soldiers were not returned to the Turks.
At the end of 1782, the Kartli-Kakhetian king Irakli II appealed to the Russian Empress Catherine to accept his kingdom under the auspices of the Russian Empire. Petersburg has agreed. The relevant negotiations were held by General P. Potemkin (a relative of the famous empress's favorite). 24 July 1783 was signed in the Caucasian fortress Georgievsk on the patronage and supreme power of the Russian Empire with the united Kartli-Kakheti kingdom (Eastern Georgia). The Georgian tsar recognized the patronage of St. Petersburg and refused from an independent foreign policy, he had to coordinate it with the Russian government. Heraclius refused to vassal dependence on the part of other states and pledged to recognize only the power of the Russian sovereigns. Russia promised to protect Georgia from external enemies. Two battalions were allocated to defend the country, and if necessary they could be strengthened. Georgians received common trade rights with Russians, freedom of movement and settlement in Russia. The agreement equated the rights of Russian and Georgian nobles, clergy and merchants.
Russia began building a communication linking Georgia to the Georgian Military Highway. Several fortifications were erected along it, including Vladikavkaz. The treaty operated for several years, as early as 1787, Russia withdrew troops from Georgia because of the “flexible” policy of Heraclius, who began secret negotiations with the Turks. Russia's victory over Turkey in the war 1787 - 1791 improved the position of Georgia. According to the Yassky peace, the Port refused claims on Georgia and pledged not to take hostile actions against the Georgians.
Meanwhile, Persia decided to restore its sphere of influence in the Caucasus. There, after years of civil strife, Aga Mohammad Shah from the Turkic Qajar tribe seized power. He became the founder of the new dynasty, the Qajars, and began to actively restore the empire. He decided to return Georgia to Persia. In 1795, a huge Persian army marched across Georgia with fire and sword. The small Georgian army laid bones in a three-day battle on the outskirts of Tbilisi. The Persians defeated Tbilisi, a large part of the population was massacred, thousands of women and children were driven into slavery.
Russia responded to the 1796 year, organized the Persian campaign in order to punish the "non-peaceful" Persia (How Russia saved Georgia from Persia; Punishing non-peaceful Persia - 1796 campaign of the year). Also, Russian troops were introduced to Georgia to protect it. The campaign was victorious, the Russian troops occupied Derbent, Cuba and Baku, went to the northern regions of Persia. The entire western coast of the Caspian was under Russian control. The Derbent, Baku, Cuban, Karabag, Shamakhi and Ganja Khanates were transferred to Russian citizenship. It remains only to consolidate this success with a political agreement with the defeated Shah of Persia. The unexpected death of Catherine mixed all the cards. Pavel the First decided to start foreign policy from a clean slate and ordered to withdraw troops from the Transcaspian region and Georgia.
However, soon negotiations between Russia and Georgia resumed. King of Kartli-Kakheti, George XII understood that Georgia can survive only under the auspices of Russia. He requested to renew the agreement 1783 of the year. In April 1799, the Russian sovereign Pavel I renewed the patronage agreement, the Russian troops returned to Tbilisi.
The situation in Eastern Georgia was complicated by internecine strife, personal and narrow group interests of Georgian feudal lords. Feudal lords were grouped around numerous princes who claimed the throne. George XII was seriously ill and bickering began for the throne. The feudal lords were ready to betray national interests, to go for personal gain to an agreement with the Persians and Turks. The pro-Russian party led by Tsar George decided that it was necessary to revise the Treaty of St. George, reinforcing Russian power in Georgia. In the summer of 1800, Pavel accepted the proposal of the Georgian tsar to strengthen the powers of the Russian government: now it was not only about control over Georgia’s foreign policy, but also about domestic policy issues. In the autumn of 1800, the Georgian delegation proposed a draft of a closer integration of Georgia with Russia. Paul accepted it. The Russian emperor announced that he was accepting Tsar George XII and all the people of Georgia for everlasting citizenship. The Russian troops in Georgia were reinforced, which made it possible to successfully repel the Avar Khan's raid.
As a result, Petersburg went to the liquidation of the Kartli-Kakhetian kingdom. Georgian dynasty could not ensure stability and the existence of Georgian statehood. Russia needed order and stability in Georgia, the strategic base of the empire in the Caucasus. It was necessary to introduce direct Russian control, eliminating the possibility of an uprising, the collapse and interference of external forces. At the end of 1800, the Georgian king George XII fell seriously ill. During his illness, the supreme power passed into the hands of the plenipotentiary minister of the Russian government under the Georgian king, Kovalensky, and the commander of the Russian troops in Georgia, General Lazarev. January 18 The manifesto of Paul I on the annexation of the Kartli-Kakheti kingdom to Russia was promulgated in Petersburg on St. Petersburg 1801. In mid-February of the same year, this manifesto was announced in Tbilisi. After the murder of Paul, this act was confirmed by the government of Alexander.
Thus, the Russians were not “occupiers.” The most reasonable representatives of the Georgian elite called for Russians to save Georgia from total annihilation. There was no other way out. In another development scenario, without Russia, the Georgian people would disappear from world history. Russia saved Georgia from destruction, and the Georgian people from destruction, assimilation among the Muslim peoples. Under the rule of the Russians, most of historical Georgia was reunited. The shameful slavery was abolished, when its Georgian feudal lords sold their children and girls to slavery. Georgia received a large period of peacetime - several generations in the king, and then in Soviet times. This led to a significant increase in the Georgian population. In 1801, Georgians were about 800 thousand people, in 1900 year - 2 million, in 1959 year - 4 million, in 1990 year - 5,4 million people. The extinction and flight abroad of the population of Georgia began in the 1990-years.
At the same time, Russia did not rob and so impoverished Georgia, on the contrary, took upon herself a great responsibility and burden. The Empire developed its suburbs. In Soviet times, Georgia became a prosperous republic. In addition, the Russians paid for the peace in Georgia with a lot of blood - thousands of soldiers were killed in the wars with the Turks. One of the reasons for the long and bloody Caucasian war was the raids of the Highlanders on Georgia. And here the Russians had to pay with their blood so that there would be peace and order in the Caucasus.
The once rich republic of the USSR, which was developed by the efforts of the whole empire, is now a poor “independent” republic (Tbilisi is now under the control of the owners of the West, the USA). The power of nationalists and Western liberals in Georgia led to poverty and the extinction of the people (in 1990 - 5,4 million people, in 2018 - 3,7 million people). There is no future for modern Georgia. The West Tbilisi owners are needed only to continue the operation to resolve the “Russian issue” in the Caucasus direction.
No riots against the government will save Georgia. How the Rose Revolution did not save in 2003, when the Shevardnadze regime was overthrown. Georgia, following the "prompts" of the West, managed to lose Abkhazia and South Ossetia. And the “successful” liberal reforms and the “Georgian miracle” show that the people of the provincial republic will still be poor. What proves the flight of people to other countries and depopulation.
The global systemic crisis (global unrest) leaves Georgia no chance of survival. Turkey side by side, the Middle East has already become a “front”. If the hydrocarbon-rich and Islamic and Turkic Azerbaijan Republic has the possibility of integration into a single union with Turkey, then Georgia has only further degradation and death. Christian Georgia without Russia, without a common development project with the Russians (empire) cannot survive. The only way to prosperity is a common creative project with Russia, close integration in the new alliance-empire. It is clear that for this, Russia itself must abandon the rule of liberalism and Westernism, the world of slave owners and slaves. Offer the world an alternative development project based not on the enslavement of man, but on the disclosure of his creative, creative principle. Russia needs to become the civilization of the future again - on the basis of social justice, ethics of conscience, to create a society of knowledge, service and creation. The transformation of Russia into the Kingdom of Truth will inevitably lead to the restoration of an empire-union with the reunification of the majority of previously lost lands. Russians and Georgians, like other peoples of Russian civilization, will return to the path of creation.
Franz Rubo The entry of Russian troops in Tiflis 1799
The myth of the "Russian occupation" of Georgia
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, in the majority of the former Soviet republics, large-scale programs of de-Sovietisation and de-Russification were started, accompanied by cave nationalism and Russophobia. Georgia has not passed this process.
The myth of the “Russian and Soviet occupation” of Georgia won in Georgia. If previously it was carried by a handful of pro-Western leaders, of the liberal national intelligentsia, by now this black myth is already dominant in the Georgian population. Corresponding information processing (education system, leading media, politicians and public figures, etc.) led to the fact that the younger generations of Georgians consider Russians as occupiers, aggressors. The 2008 war of the year, which led to the complete separation of Abkhazia and South Ossetia from Georgia, only strengthened these sentiments.
But The historical truth is that the Georgian lands at the time of their annexation to Russia were threatened with complete annihilation by Turkey and Persia. The Georgian people were under constant threat of physical destruction (genocide), assimilation and Islamization of its remnants. Russia saved historical Georgia and its people from complete disappearance from the face of the planet. At the same time, in fact, at that time there was no single Georgian people, but there were several nationalities and tribes, they became “Georgians” already in a favorable period of life within the USSR.
Creating a new historical myth about Georgia, Tbilisi preferred to forget that the Georgian rulers more than once asked Russia to intervene, take shelter and save the Georgian people. To forget that various historical areas of Georgia at various times became part of Russia were recaptured from the Turks at a great price, with the blood of Russian soldiers. And it was precisely as part of the Russia-USSR that these separate areas were merged into the united Georgian SSR. That the large-scale economic, socio-cultural development of Georgia as part of Russia led to the formation of the Georgian people.
Georgia has forgotten that many generations of Georgians enjoyed a peaceful life in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Forgot about the threat of genocide. What caused the growth of the population - a basic sign of prosperity, favorable living conditions of the people. They do not recall the fact that many of the best representatives of the Georgian people joined the Russian elite in the Russian Empire and the USSR. Suffice it to recall the famous Russian commander of Georgian origin, Bagration, the greatest leader of the Russian people, Stalin-Dzhugashvili, the best manager of the 20th century, Beria, etc. What the Georgians, together with the Russians, did was one thing, built an empire, a great Union, fought the Nazis. That only constructive work in a common project, like during the times of Soviet civilization, can bring prosperity to Georgia and Georgians.
Also in Georgia it is worth remembering the differences between Western and Russian development projects. Western invaders and colonialists always carry death and ruin, violence and robbery. The Western world is a parasitic project, a world of slave owners and slaves. Relative prosperity is only in the metropolis, the core of the capitalist system (although there too the domination of social parasites sooner or later leads to degradation and destruction). The colonial periphery has no bright future. Well, only representatives of the colonial administration and the comprador bourgeoisie, who are rich in selling their homeland, can get settled in the non-slave world.
Under the Russian and Soviet authorities, Georgia was part of a common project, a power, not a colony. Therefore, the economy, transport, social, cultural and educational infrastructure, and health care developed in Georgia. There were no ordinary phenomena for the Western colonialists - mass terror, genocide, parasitism on the resources and energy of the conquered people, the conversion of local residents into slaves or second-class people. Georgians were full members of a common empire. At the same time, they were not suppressed, on the contrary, local features and differences remained.
The question of the survival of Georgia
It is enough to recall the story of how Georgia turned out to be part of Russia in order to cast aside the lies about the “Russian occupation”. In the 15th century, the Georgian kingdom became an isolated Christian country in a hostile environment. Georgia fell into decay and split into several state entities, which were under the strong influence of Persia (Iran) and the Ottoman Empire, were under constant military threat from these regional powers. Part of the Georgian territory was occupied by Turkey and Persia. In 1555, Porta and Persia signed a peace treaty, delimiting their spheres of influence in the Caucasus. Imereti went to Turkey, and the Kartli and Kakheti kingdoms went to Persia.
At the same time during this period there were constantly bloody, devastating wars between Turkey and Iran for the region. Georgia has become a battlefield. The waves of invaders devastated the Georgian lands. The masses and the Ottomans led the people away to settle in other places or to sell them into slavery. Survivors and survivors of slavery fled to deep in the mountains, in remote places. Part of the population was forced to convert to Islam. There were also internal wars, strife between local rulers, feudal lords. North Caucasian mountaineers raided Georgia. The slave trade flourished. The once thriving cities and lands were empty, the population has declined sharply. Georgian nationality was on the verge of extinction.
Only the appearance of Christian Russia in the Caucasus saved the Georgian nationalities from complete extinction, assimilation and Islamization. Georgian rulers in the XVII - XVII Ivv. Repeatedly appealed to Russia with requests to take their citizenship and provide military assistance against Turkey and Persia. In 1638, the king of Mingrelia (Mengrelia is a historical region in Western Georgia) Leon sent a request to the Russian Tsar Mikhail to become a Russian citizen. In 1641, the chartered diploma was handed over to Kakhetian Tsar Teimuraz on the adoption of the Iberian Land (Iberia, Iberia - the historical name of Kakheti) under the auspices of the Russian kingdom. In 1657, the Georgian tribes — the Tushins, Khevsurs, and Pshavs, asked the emperor Alexey Mikhailovich to accept them into Russian citizenship.
Similar requests were repeated several times in the 18th century. However, Russia in this period could not yet solve the strategic task of integrating the Caucasus into its sphere of influence. In the 17th and the first half of the 18th century, Russia waged heavy wars to restore the unity of the Russian lands, with the goal of reaching the shores of the Baltic and the Black Sea. A lot of effort, resources and time was spent on solving internal problems. Tsar Peter began to open a window to the East (How Peter I cut the door to the East; As Peter I cut through the "door" to the East. Part of 2), however, the work begun by him was not continued by the successors. The era of the so-called. “Palace coups”, internal intrigues and discord slowed down Russia's movement to the South, including the Caucasus.
Only during the time of Empress Catherine II in the eastern politics of Russia, including the Caucasus, there was a radical change. Russia waged wars with Turkey for supremacy in the Northern Black Sea region and the sphere of interests of St. Petersburg and the Caucasus. During the Russian-Turkish war 1768 - 1774. Kartli-Kakheti and Imeretian kingdoms took the side of the Russians against the Ottomans. For the war in the Caucasus direction, a detachment of General Totleben was sent. Totleben's troops managed to take Turkish fortresses in Imereti and occupy Kutaisi. Russia defeated Turkey. Kyuchuk-Kaynardzhiysky world 1774 of the year facilitated the situation of the Georgian citizens of Porta, canceled the payment of tribute to Imeretia. The fortresses taken by the Russian soldiers were not returned to the Turks.
Entry into Russia
At the end of 1782, the Kartli-Kakhetian king Irakli II appealed to the Russian Empress Catherine to accept his kingdom under the auspices of the Russian Empire. Petersburg has agreed. The relevant negotiations were held by General P. Potemkin (a relative of the famous empress's favorite). 24 July 1783 was signed in the Caucasian fortress Georgievsk on the patronage and supreme power of the Russian Empire with the united Kartli-Kakheti kingdom (Eastern Georgia). The Georgian tsar recognized the patronage of St. Petersburg and refused from an independent foreign policy, he had to coordinate it with the Russian government. Heraclius refused to vassal dependence on the part of other states and pledged to recognize only the power of the Russian sovereigns. Russia promised to protect Georgia from external enemies. Two battalions were allocated to defend the country, and if necessary they could be strengthened. Georgians received common trade rights with Russians, freedom of movement and settlement in Russia. The agreement equated the rights of Russian and Georgian nobles, clergy and merchants.
Russia began building a communication linking Georgia to the Georgian Military Highway. Several fortifications were erected along it, including Vladikavkaz. The treaty operated for several years, as early as 1787, Russia withdrew troops from Georgia because of the “flexible” policy of Heraclius, who began secret negotiations with the Turks. Russia's victory over Turkey in the war 1787 - 1791 improved the position of Georgia. According to the Yassky peace, the Port refused claims on Georgia and pledged not to take hostile actions against the Georgians.
Meanwhile, Persia decided to restore its sphere of influence in the Caucasus. There, after years of civil strife, Aga Mohammad Shah from the Turkic Qajar tribe seized power. He became the founder of the new dynasty, the Qajars, and began to actively restore the empire. He decided to return Georgia to Persia. In 1795, a huge Persian army marched across Georgia with fire and sword. The small Georgian army laid bones in a three-day battle on the outskirts of Tbilisi. The Persians defeated Tbilisi, a large part of the population was massacred, thousands of women and children were driven into slavery.
Russia responded to the 1796 year, organized the Persian campaign in order to punish the "non-peaceful" Persia (How Russia saved Georgia from Persia; Punishing non-peaceful Persia - 1796 campaign of the year). Also, Russian troops were introduced to Georgia to protect it. The campaign was victorious, the Russian troops occupied Derbent, Cuba and Baku, went to the northern regions of Persia. The entire western coast of the Caspian was under Russian control. The Derbent, Baku, Cuban, Karabag, Shamakhi and Ganja Khanates were transferred to Russian citizenship. It remains only to consolidate this success with a political agreement with the defeated Shah of Persia. The unexpected death of Catherine mixed all the cards. Pavel the First decided to start foreign policy from a clean slate and ordered to withdraw troops from the Transcaspian region and Georgia.
However, soon negotiations between Russia and Georgia resumed. King of Kartli-Kakheti, George XII understood that Georgia can survive only under the auspices of Russia. He requested to renew the agreement 1783 of the year. In April 1799, the Russian sovereign Pavel I renewed the patronage agreement, the Russian troops returned to Tbilisi.
The situation in Eastern Georgia was complicated by internecine strife, personal and narrow group interests of Georgian feudal lords. Feudal lords were grouped around numerous princes who claimed the throne. George XII was seriously ill and bickering began for the throne. The feudal lords were ready to betray national interests, to go for personal gain to an agreement with the Persians and Turks. The pro-Russian party led by Tsar George decided that it was necessary to revise the Treaty of St. George, reinforcing Russian power in Georgia. In the summer of 1800, Pavel accepted the proposal of the Georgian tsar to strengthen the powers of the Russian government: now it was not only about control over Georgia’s foreign policy, but also about domestic policy issues. In the autumn of 1800, the Georgian delegation proposed a draft of a closer integration of Georgia with Russia. Paul accepted it. The Russian emperor announced that he was accepting Tsar George XII and all the people of Georgia for everlasting citizenship. The Russian troops in Georgia were reinforced, which made it possible to successfully repel the Avar Khan's raid.
As a result, Petersburg went to the liquidation of the Kartli-Kakhetian kingdom. Georgian dynasty could not ensure stability and the existence of Georgian statehood. Russia needed order and stability in Georgia, the strategic base of the empire in the Caucasus. It was necessary to introduce direct Russian control, eliminating the possibility of an uprising, the collapse and interference of external forces. At the end of 1800, the Georgian king George XII fell seriously ill. During his illness, the supreme power passed into the hands of the plenipotentiary minister of the Russian government under the Georgian king, Kovalensky, and the commander of the Russian troops in Georgia, General Lazarev. January 18 The manifesto of Paul I on the annexation of the Kartli-Kakheti kingdom to Russia was promulgated in Petersburg on St. Petersburg 1801. In mid-February of the same year, this manifesto was announced in Tbilisi. After the murder of Paul, this act was confirmed by the government of Alexander.
Memorial sign of the Treaty of St. George between Russia and Georgia, issued in 1790 year
What did the Russian authorities give Georgia?
Thus, the Russians were not “occupiers.” The most reasonable representatives of the Georgian elite called for Russians to save Georgia from total annihilation. There was no other way out. In another development scenario, without Russia, the Georgian people would disappear from world history. Russia saved Georgia from destruction, and the Georgian people from destruction, assimilation among the Muslim peoples. Under the rule of the Russians, most of historical Georgia was reunited. The shameful slavery was abolished, when its Georgian feudal lords sold their children and girls to slavery. Georgia received a large period of peacetime - several generations in the king, and then in Soviet times. This led to a significant increase in the Georgian population. In 1801, Georgians were about 800 thousand people, in 1900 year - 2 million, in 1959 year - 4 million, in 1990 year - 5,4 million people. The extinction and flight abroad of the population of Georgia began in the 1990-years.
At the same time, Russia did not rob and so impoverished Georgia, on the contrary, took upon herself a great responsibility and burden. The Empire developed its suburbs. In Soviet times, Georgia became a prosperous republic. In addition, the Russians paid for the peace in Georgia with a lot of blood - thousands of soldiers were killed in the wars with the Turks. One of the reasons for the long and bloody Caucasian war was the raids of the Highlanders on Georgia. And here the Russians had to pay with their blood so that there would be peace and order in the Caucasus.
About the future of Georgia
The once rich republic of the USSR, which was developed by the efforts of the whole empire, is now a poor “independent” republic (Tbilisi is now under the control of the owners of the West, the USA). The power of nationalists and Western liberals in Georgia led to poverty and the extinction of the people (in 1990 - 5,4 million people, in 2018 - 3,7 million people). There is no future for modern Georgia. The West Tbilisi owners are needed only to continue the operation to resolve the “Russian issue” in the Caucasus direction.
No riots against the government will save Georgia. How the Rose Revolution did not save in 2003, when the Shevardnadze regime was overthrown. Georgia, following the "prompts" of the West, managed to lose Abkhazia and South Ossetia. And the “successful” liberal reforms and the “Georgian miracle” show that the people of the provincial republic will still be poor. What proves the flight of people to other countries and depopulation.
The global systemic crisis (global unrest) leaves Georgia no chance of survival. Turkey side by side, the Middle East has already become a “front”. If the hydrocarbon-rich and Islamic and Turkic Azerbaijan Republic has the possibility of integration into a single union with Turkey, then Georgia has only further degradation and death. Christian Georgia without Russia, without a common development project with the Russians (empire) cannot survive. The only way to prosperity is a common creative project with Russia, close integration in the new alliance-empire. It is clear that for this, Russia itself must abandon the rule of liberalism and Westernism, the world of slave owners and slaves. Offer the world an alternative development project based not on the enslavement of man, but on the disclosure of his creative, creative principle. Russia needs to become the civilization of the future again - on the basis of social justice, ethics of conscience, to create a society of knowledge, service and creation. The transformation of Russia into the Kingdom of Truth will inevitably lead to the restoration of an empire-union with the reunification of the majority of previously lost lands. Russians and Georgians, like other peoples of Russian civilization, will return to the path of creation.
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