Armenian-Georgian relations
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Armenian-Georgian relations have always been substantive, but they have gotten even more pronounced in the post-Soviet independence years. Armenia and Georgia have had generally positive relations, but there have also been some problems in the past. [1]
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[edit] Background
There are nearly 248,929 Armenians in Georgia, among them 90,373 living in Javakheti and 73,229 in Tbilisi.[2]
[edit] History
Armenia and Georgia have a long history of cultural and political relations. The interaction peaked in the Middle Ages when both nations engaged in prolific cultural dialogue and allied themselves against the neighboring Muslim empires. There were frequent intermarriages between Armenian and Georgian the royal and noble families and both ethnicities intermingled in several border areas.
[edit] World War I
The Georgian-Armenian War was a border war fought in 1918 between the Democratic Republic of Georgia and the Democratic Republic of Armenia over the parts of then disputed provinces of Lori, Javakheti, and Borchalo district, which had been historically bicultural Armenian-Georgian territories, but were largely populated by Armenians in the 19th century.
[edit] During the Soviet era
[edit] Modern relations
[edit] References
- ^ Georgia is becoming hostage to Azeri-Turkish alliance: interview with Pavel Chobanyan by Pavel Chobanyan – expert of the Caucasus analytical center, doctor of historical sciences
- ^ 2002 Georgia census.
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