Here’s a quick snapshot of Georgian history as a form of introduction and orientation. Dont worry, we wont test you on it 🙂 Its just to help provide a richer understanding while travelling through our region.
- Roots of Georgians can be traced to the descendants of Noah (with the Ark landing on Mt Ararat)
- Soon began to produce wine in this land with rich soil (hence why Georgian wine is so good 😉
- Georgian Kingdom of Iberia was established around 300 BC
- Old Georgian was spoken and around 284 BC the alphabet was created
- Christianity was declared as official religion in the 4th century
- Many trials are experienced by the attacks of Persian, Turks and Arabs over centuries
- King Bagrat 3rd establishes the Kingdom of Georgia
- 15th century Georgia divided itself to 3 kingdoms (Kartli, Kakheti and Imereti)
- In 1783 Georgians sign a treaty with Russia to be under their protection
- 26th May 1918 Democratic Republic of Georgia is established
- 25th Feb 1921 Georgia becomes part of the Soviet Union
- 9th April 1991 Georgia declares independence from Soviet Union
- 8th August 2008 war breaks out between Russia and Georgia
- March 15 2012 Envoy Tbilisi is born (significant history for us which is celebrated fondly each year 😉 )