Historical memory: July 24 (August 6, new style) 1783 – signing of the Treaty of Georgievsk between Russia and the Georgian kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti (Eastern Georgiatranslated

After the fall of Constantinople and its capture by Turkish troops in 1453, Orthodox Georgia found itself isolated from the Christian world and then effectively divided between Turkey and Iran. To once again become an independent state, it needed the help of a strong neighbor - Russia. The first attempts at rapprochement were made back in the 17th century. In 1771, at the height of the Russian-Turkish war, the Georgian […]