List of wars involving Georgia (country)
This is a list of wars involving Georgia, by Georgians or regular armies during periods when independent Georgian states existed, from antiquity to the present day. It also includes wars fought outside of Georgia by the Georgian military.
History of Georgia |
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History of Georgia |
The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
- Georgian victory
- Georgian defeat
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result,
status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive) - Ongoing conflict
Diaokhi
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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1118-845 BC | The intervention of the Assyrian Empire | Diauehi | Assyria | Defeat |
845 BC | The intervention of the Assyrian Empire | Diauehi | Assyria | Сoncession |
790-789 BC | Intervention Urartu | Diauehi | Urartu | Defeat |
Colchis and Iberia
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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750s BC | Absorption Diauehi Colchis | Colchis | Diauehi | Victory |
750-742 | War with Urartu | Colchis | Urartu | Defeat |
720s BC | Invasion of the Colchis by Scythians and Cimmerians. | Colchis | Scythia Cimmeria |
Colchis weakened |
The middle of the 6th century BC | The Persian invasion | Colchis | Achaemenid Empire | Defeat |
234 BC | The revolt of the princes against the king | Sauromaces I of Iberia Durdzuks |
The rebels princes | Victory |
189 BC | The war with Armenia | Kingdom of Iberia | Kingdom of Armenia | Defeat |
101 BC | Pontus invasion | Colchis | Kingdom of Pontus | Defeat |
83 BC | Rebellion against Pontus | Colchis | Kingdom of Pontus | Defeat |
65 BC | Iberian campaign of Pompey | Kingdom of Iberia | Roman Republic | Defeat |
65 BC | Pompey's campaign in Caucasian Albania | Kingdom of Iberia Roman Republic |
Caucasian Albania | Victory |
35 | Pharasmanes I of Iberia captured Armenia | Kingdom of Iberia | Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire |
Victory |
51 | Armenia–Iberia War |
Kingdom of Iberia | Kingdom of Armenia | Victory |
58-63 | Roman–Parthian War | Roman Empire Kingdom of Iberia |
Parthian Empire Kingdom of Armenia |
Compromise |
113-117 | Roman-Parthian War | Roman Empire Kingdom of Iberia Caucasian Albania |
Parthian Empire Kingdom of Armenia |
Victory |
117 | Pharasmanes II of Iberia back selected territories by Armenia | Kingdom of Iberia | Kingdom of Armenia | Victory |
2nd century | The invasion of Alans | Kingdom of Iberia | Alans | Victory |
253 | The invasion of the Crimean Goths | Lazica Roman Empire |
Crimean Goths | Victory |
363-378 | The Persians take control of Iberia | Kingdom of Iberia Roman Empire |
Sassanid Empire | Defeat |
3-4th century | Unification of West Georgia under the rule Egrisi | Lazica | the former principality of Colchis | Victory |
4th century | The invasion of Alans | Kingdom of Iberia | Alans | Victory |
451-456 | The invasion of Alans | Kingdom of Iberia | Alans | Victory |
468 | War of Svaneti | Kingdom of Iberia | Lazica | Victory |
482-502 | King Vakhtang I Gorgasali's war of resistance against the Persian invaders in Kartli. | Kingdom of Iberia | Sassanid Empire | Defeat |
Early Medieval fragmentation
United Kingdom
Kingdoms and principalities
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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1509-1510 | Imereti invasion of Kartli | Kingdom of Kartli | Kingdom of Imereti | Indecisive |
1511-1513 | Kakheti invasion of Kartli | Kingdom of Kartli | Kingdom of Kakheti | Victory |
1513 | Kartli invasion of Kakheti | Kingdom of Kartli | Kingdom of Kakheti | Victory |
1518 | Div Sultan Rumlu invasion of Georgia | Kingdom of Kartli | Safavid Empire | Defeat |
1518 | Kartli invasion of Kakheti | Kingdom of Kartli | Kingdom of Kakheti Principality of Guria |
Peace Agreement |
1520 | Battle of Mokhisi | Principality of Guria | Kingdom of Kartli | Victory |
1522 | Battle of Teleti | Kingdom of Kartli | Safavid Empire | Defeat |
1524-1525 | Return Kartli King David | Kingdom of Kartli | Safavid Empire | Victory |
1525 | Imereti invading Samtskhe | Kingdom of Imereti Kingdom of Kartli Principality of Guria |
Samtskhe-Saatabago | Victory |
1533 | Mamia's invasion of Jiketi | Grand Duchy of Mingrelia Duchy of Guria |
Jiks | Defeat |
1535 | Battle of Murjakheti | Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Guria Principality of Odishi |
Samtskhe-Saatabago | Victory |
1541 | The Persian invasion | Kingdom of Kartli Kingdom of Kakheti |
Safavid Empire | Defeat |
1543 | Battle of Karagak | Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Guria |
Ottoman Empire | Victory |
1545 | Battle of Sokhoista | Kingdom of Imereti Kingdom of Kartli Principality of Guria |
Ottoman Empire | Defeat |
1547 | Ottoman invasion of Guria | Principality of Guria | Ottoman Empire | Defeat |
1545-1557 | Persian raids in East Georgia | Kingdom of Kartli |
Safavid Empire | Battle of Garisi |
1558 | Battle of Garisi | Kingdom of Kartli | Safavid Empire | Pyrrhic victory |
1564 | Exemption Batumi | Principality of Guria | Ottoman Empire | Victory |
1567 | Battle of Digomi | Kingdom of Kartli | Safavid Empire | Defeat |
1569 | Battle of Samadlo | Kingdom of Kartli | Safavid Empire | Victory |
1569 | Battle of Partskhisi | Kingdom of Kartli (Simon I of Kartli) | Safavid Empire
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Defeat. Davud Khan effectively installed in Kartli as Safavid-appointed ruler |
1578 | Invasion Lala-Pasha | Safavid Empire
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Ottoman Empire Manuchar II Jaqeli |
Ottoman victory |
1543-1639 (intermittent) | Occupation and annexation by the Ottomans of the principality Samtskhe | Samtskhe-Saatabago Safavid Empire |
Ottoman Empire | Defeat. Ottomans gain decisive control over western Samtskhe by the Peace of Amasya (1555), and over eastern Samtshke by the Treaty of Zuhab (1639). |
1578-1590 | Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–90) | Safavid Empire
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Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of Imereti |
Defeat |
1582 | The annexation of Batumi Ottomans | Principality of Guria | Ottoman Empire | Defeat |
1588 | Invasion of Kartli Imereti | Kingdom of Kartli | Kingdom of Imereti | Victory |
1589 | Gurian invasion of Imereti | Kingdom of Imereti | Principality of Guria | King became Bagrat IV |
1590 | Invasion of Kartli Imereti | Kingdom of Kartli | Kingdom of Imereti | Victory |
1590 | War Kartli and Odishi due Imereti | Kingdom of Kartli | Principality of Mingrelia | King became Rostom |
1595-1599 | War Simon I of Kartli against Turkey | Kingdom of Kartli | Ottoman Empire | Defeat |
1605 | Safavid-sponsored coup | Kingdom of Kakheti | Constantine I of Kakheti Safavid Empire |
Constantine I (Constantine Khan) installed on the Kakhetian puppet throne |
1609 | Battle of Tashiskari | Kingdom of Kartli | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate |
Victory |
1609 | Exemption Batumi | Principality of Guria | Ottoman Empire | Victory |
1603-1618 | Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–18) | Safavid Empire | Ottoman Empire | Victory |
1614 | The annexation of Batumi Ottomans | Principality of Guria | Ottoman Empire | Defeat |
1614-1625 | The revolt against the Persians | Kingdom of Kakheti Kingdom of Kartli Kingdom of Imereti |
Safavid Empire | Defeat |
1623 | The war against Odishi | Kingdom of Imereti | Principality of Mingrelia | Winning of Samegrelo |
1626 | Battle of Bazaleti | Kingdom of Kakheti | Giorgi Saakadze | Victory |
1628 | Megrelo-Abkhaz war | Principality of Mingrelia | Principality of Abkhazia | Victory |
1633-1634 | Rostom takes control of Kartli | Kingdom of Kartli Safavid Empire |
Kingdom of Kakheti | Victory |
1634 | Megrelo-Abkhaz war | Principality of Mingrelia | Principality of Abkhazia | Victory |
1641-1648 | Kartli-Kakheti war | Kingdom of Kartli Safavid Empire |
Kingdom of Kakheti | Victory |
1657 | Imereti invasion Megrelia | Kingdom of Imereti | Principality of Mingrelia | Victory |
1659 | Kakheti uprising | Kingdom of Kakheti | Safavid Empire | Defeat |
1660 | Subordination of Kartli Kakheti | Kingdom of Kartli | Kingdom of Kakheti | Victory |
1664 | Attempts to release Kakheti | Kingdom of Kartli | Kingdom of Kakheti | Victory |
1660-1720 | Dynastic wars in Imereti | Kingdom of Kartli Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria |
Kingdom of Imereti Ottoman Empire |
Compromise |
1688-1695 | Kartli-Kakheti war | Kingdom of Kartli | Kingdom of Kakheti Safavid Empire |
Compromise |
1703 | Ottoman invasion of western Georgia | Ottoman Empire | Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Guria Principality of Mingrelia |
Defeat |
1709-1722 | Rise of the Afghans against the Persians | Safavid Empire
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Hotak dynasty | Afghans conquer Iran |
1722-1724 | Kartli-Kakheti war | Kingdom of Kartli Kingdom of Imereti Ottoman Empire |
Kingdom of Kakheti Lezgian Ganja Khanate Erivan Khanate |
Kakhetians expelled from Kartli |
1723 | Capturing of port cities of Samegrelo by Ottomans | Principality of Mingrelia | Ottoman Empire | Defeat |
1722-1723 | Russo-Persian War (1722–23) | Russian Empire Ukrainian Cossacks Kingdom of Kartli |
Safavid Empire | The planned aid from Russia did not come |
1724-1732 | Turkish occupation of East Georgia | Kingdom of Kartli | Ottoman Empire | Defeat |
1734 | Turkish march to Kakheti | Kingdom of Kakheti | Ottoman Empire | Victory |
1735 | Submission of Eastern Georgia Nader Shah`s | Kingdom of Kartli Kingdom of Kakheti |
Persian Empire | Defeat |
1738-39 | Nader Shah's invasion of the Mughal Empire | Persian Empire
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Mughal Empire | Victory |
1744 | The Turkish invasion of Kakheti | Kingdom of Kartli | Ottoman Empire | Victory |
1747 | Ganja invasion of Kakheti | Kingdom of Kakheti | Ganja Khanate | Victory |
1748 | Baratashvili rebellion | Kingdom of Kakheti | Baratashvili | Victory |
1748 | Rise of Abdullah Bey | Kingdom of Kartli | Iranian Azerbaijan | Victory |
1750-1769 | The revolt against the royal power in Racha | Kingdom of Imereti | Duchy of Racha | Victory |
1751 | Battle of Kirkhbulakh | Kingdom of Kakheti | Army of Azad Khan | Victory |
1752 | War with Ganja | Kingdom of Kartli Kingdom of Kakheti |
Ganja Khanate | Victory |
1757 | Battle of Khresili | Kingdom of Imereti | Ottoman Empire | Victory |
1758 | The Turkish invasion | Kingdom of Kartli Kingdom of Imereti |
Ottoman Empire | Victory |
1770 | Battle of Aspindza | Kartl-Kakheti | Ottoman Empire | Victory |
1768-1774 | Russo-Turkish War (1768–74) | Russian Empire
Greek insurgents |
Ottoman Empire | Victory |
1784-1789 | The revolt against the royal power in Racha | Kingdom of Imereti | Duchy of Racha | Victory |
1785 | Invasion Omar Khan | Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti Kingdom of Imereti |
Avar Khanate | Defeat |
1795 | Battle of Krtsanisi | Kartli-Kakheti Kingdom of Imereti |
Persian Empire | Defeat |
1800 | Invasion Omar Khan | Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti Russian Empire |
Avar Khanate | Victory |
1801 | The annexation of East Georgia by Russia | Kartli-Kakheti | Russian Empire | Defeat |
1806-1812 | Russo-Turkish War (1806–12) | Russian Empire Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Principality of Abkhazia (1810-1812) Wallachia |
Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Principality of Abkhazia (1808-1810) |
Victory |
1828-1829 | Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) | Russian Empire
Principality of Mingrelia |
Ottoman Empire | Victory |
1810-1865 | Annexation of West Georgia by Russia | Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Principality of Svaneti Principality of Abkhazia |
Russian Empire | Defeat |
16th-19th | Lekianoba | Kingdom of Kakheti Kingdom of Kartli Kartli-Kakheti Kingdom of Imereti |
Lezgian | Beginning in 1801, with the annexation of Georgia by the Russian Empire, the Dagestani inroads weakened significantly. |
16th-19th | Osianoba | Kingdom of Kartli Kartli-Kakheti Kingdom of Imereti |
Ossetians | Beginning in 1801, with the annexation of Georgia by the Russian Empire. |
1853-1856 | Caucasian Front of the Crimean War | Russian Empire
Principality of Mingrelia |
Ottoman Empire Principality of Abkhazia (1855-1856) |
The victory at the front, but the defeat of Russia in the war |
1817-1864 | Caucasian War | Russian Empire
Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Mingrelia |
Caucasian Imamate Circassia Avar Khanate (1818–1823) Big Kabarda (to 1825) Khanate of Kazi-Kumukh Dagestan free |
Caucasus annexed into Russia. |
1877-1878 | Caucasian campaign of the Russian-Turkish War (1877-1878) Svaneti uprising of 1875–1876 |
Russian Empire | Ottoman Empire | Victory |
The Social-Democratic Georgia
Georgian SSR
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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1921-1924 | The revolt against Soviet rule | Soviet Union | Committee for the Independence of Georgia other Georgian guerrilla groups |
Defeat |
1941-1945 | World War II | Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China Free France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico Ethiopia |
Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Vichy France Finland Thailand Manchukuo Croatia Slovakia |
Victory |
1956 | Hungarian Revolution | Soviet Union ÁVH |
Revolutionaries | Victory |
1968 | Invasion of Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union Bulgaria East Germany Hungary Poland |
Czechoslovakia | Victory |
1979-1989 | Soviet–Afghan War | Soviet Union Afghanistan |
Peshawar Seven Tehran Eight |
Withdrawal |