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Where is Georgia?
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GEORGIA-RELATED ARTICLES
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SEE
ALSO:
THE CAUCASUS
GEORGIA:
POLITICAL
STRUCTURE
WAR
IN ABKHAZIA
CONFLICT IN TSKHINVALI
REGION (also called Shida
Kartli
or South Ossetia)
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Squeezed between Europe and
Asia Georgia is a country with long and dramatic history going back to 6 C BC.
Almost two centuries of Russian domination from1801-1991 with the short
period of independence in 1918-1921, made this country almost unknown to
the West.
However, with her independence fully
restored by the end of the last century this nation is getting strategic
importance as a bridge between East Mediterranean
and Central Asian regions.
As of today, interests of many
powers both world and region ones, are clashing in Georgia testing her ability to survive and
build a prosperous democratic society despite a number of problems among
them Kremlin-orchestrated conflicts in Abkhazia and Shida-Kartli
(South Ossetia).
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BRIEF HISTORY OF GEORGIA
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illustrations
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USEFUL
LINKS:
Georgian Government,
Parties &
Media
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INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL
& ECONOMIC RESEARCH
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 Georgian Church, Icons & Spiritual Music (Tips
in English)
 Listen to modern Georgian music
RECOMMENDED
BOOKS:
Bremmer, Jan, & Taras, Ray,
New States, New Politics: Building the Post-Soviet Nations,
Cambridge University Press, 1997
Suny, Ronald Grigor,
The Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution and the Collapse of the Soviet Union,
Stanford University Press, 1993
Transcaucasia, Nationalism &
Social Change:
Essays in the History of Georgia,
Armenia and Azerbaijan
The University
of Michigan Press, 1999
The
Black Book of Communism
Harward
University
Press 2000
London, T. F. Unwin,
1906
SUGGESTED
ADDITIONAL READING:
Allen,
W.E.D.: A History of the Georgian People [1932]
Curtis,
G.E.: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia: Country Studies. [1995]
Daskhuranci, M.: A History of the Caucasian Albanians. [1961]
Denikin, A.: The Russian Turmoil. [1924]
Iosseliani, P.: The Concise History of Georgian Church.
[1883]
Kazemzadeh, F.: The Struggle for Transcaucasia:
1917-1921. [1951]
Lang,
D.M.: The Last Days of the Georgian Monarchy, 1658-1832. [1957]
: A Modern History of Georgia.
[1962]
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