100 Years of the War of Georgia - Armenia

The War of Georgia - Armenia was a war over border disputes

In 1918 between the Republic of Georgia and the Republic of Armenia ,

In the province of Jawachti (now in Georgia ) and Lori district (now Armenia ), and the regions

Adjacent to them, which throughout history were bi-cultural ( Armenian - Georgian )

And were populated by a large majority of Armenians in the nineteenth century .

At the end of the First World War , some of these regions were conquered by the Empire

The Ottoman . When the Ottomans abandoned the area, the two sides also asked

Georgians and Armenians, to control the area.

The debate degenerated into an armed clash on December 7, 1918 .

The battles continued with varying successes on both sides until December 31

Of that year, a day when British intervention took place and a cease-fire was declared .

They left the disputed part of the Burchello district under administrative control

Which lasted until the establishment of the Soviet regime

In Armenia in 1920 . During the final stages of World War II

First the Georgians and the Armenians began to prepare for protection against an Ottoman attack .

In June 1918, in order to delay the advance of the Ottoman advance in the direction

Tbilisi , the Georgians (temporarily only for appearances) occupied Laurie County

Populated at the time by a majority of 75% Armenians. After the cease-fire of Modros and

With the withdrawal of the Ottomans, the Georgian forces remained in Lori. The Menshevik Georgian Airakli

Zertali suggested that the Armenians be more secure than Turkish hostility as Georgian citizens.

The Georgians proposed a quadripartite conference with the participation of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan

And the mountainous republic of the North Caucasus , to discuss the Georgian proposal. The Armenians rejected it

Completely the proposal and the conference. In December of that year the Georgians clashed with rebellion

Which began in the village of Odzon (Օձուն) in the north of Lori district. Within days the hostility between the two began

Republics. On December 5, 1918 , the Armenians sent forces to take control of the Borcello subdistricts

And the sub-district is worse ( Ahli ). The first military confrontation took place on December 9 of it

Year. Three days later, the Armenians won a victory in the village of Sanhain (north of Laurie)

Took over the village and its environs after a surprise attack. The purpose of the Armenians was

To build effective defensive positions against the Georgians. The main burglar force was arrested and the army

The mounted Georgian responded with a counter-attack and won, on December 29 of that year,

In the Battle of Schulauer . After the decisive success, the Georgian military headquarters decided to march

In the direction of Jarwan as a punitive journey, but the hostility ended in the village of Sadhalo on the night of December 31 ,

When the warring sides agreed to a British-brokered cease-fire.

During the hostility between the two sides, in 12 - December 14 , triangular talks were held in Tbilisi,

Between Georgia Armenia and Britain. Following these talks , soldiers landed on December 15

British troops at Port of Poti and on December 25 the British soldiers arrived in Tbilisi and replaced the British

The German soldiers . The completion of the official evacuation of the Germans from the city was only a day

next. The presence of British troops in the area allowed the British to impose an agreement

A cease-fire and a peace agreement in the end. At the beginning of January 1919 both sides signed

On a peace treaty brokered by the British . The Armenian government has canceled its claims for

The provinces of Akhalakh and Erdahan were officially established when the Georgians agreed to a common government

On the Lori province of the province of Burchello. The agreement left both sides unhappy

And full of mutual suspicion. The end of the war, which cost dearly for both republics

The news has caused serious transportation problems between the two countries. Even though the two countries

Suffered together under the Ottoman rule, they turned against each other after they gained independence

While the rest of the world licked the wounds of the First World War .