Eastern Georgia Georgia within the Russian Empire
entrance of russian troops in tiflis, 26 november 1799, franz roubaud, 1886
after giorgi s death on 28 december 1800, kingdom torn between claims of 2 rival heirs, davit , iulon. however, tsar paul of russia had decided neither candidate crowned king. instead, monarchy abolished , country administered russia. signed decree on incorporation of kartli-kakheti russian empire confirmed tsar alexander on 12 september 1801. georgian envoy in saint petersburg, garsevan chavchavadze, reacted note of protest presented russian vice-chancellor alexander kurakin. in may 1801, russian general carl heinrich von knorring removed georgian heir throne, davit batonishvili, power , deployed provisional government headed general ivan petrovich lazarev. knorring had secret orders remove male , female members of royal family russia. of georgian nobility did not accept decree until april 1802, when general knorring held nobility in tbilisi s sioni cathedral , forced them take oath on imperial crown of russia. disagreed arrested.
now russia able use georgia bridgehead further expansion south of caucasus, persia , ottoman empire felt threatened. in 1804, pavel tsitsianov, commander of russian forces in caucasus, attacked ganja, provoking russo-persian war of 1804-1813. followed russo-turkish war of 1806-12 ottomans, unhappy russian expansion in western georgia. georgian attitudes mixed: fought volunteers helping russian army, others rebelled against russian rule (there major uprising in highlands of kartli-kakheti in 1804). both wars ended in russian victory, ottomans , persians recognising tsar s claims on georgia (by treaty of bucharest turkey , treaty of gulistan persia).
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