List of battles involving Georgia (country) explained

This is a list of the battles in the history of the country of Georgia.

The list gives the name, the date, the combatants, and the result of the battles following this legend:

(*e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result,
status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)

Antiquity

Date	Battle	Modern Location	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
720 BC	Scytho-Cimmerian invasion of Colchis	Caucasia, Georgia,	Scythian invasions of Colchis	Colchis	Scythians Cimmerians	Defeat
284 BC	Battle of Artaan	Ardahan, Turkey,	Alexander's invasion of Iberia	Kingdom of Iberia,Colchis	Aryan Kartli Macedonian Empire	Iberian Victory•Death of Azo of Iberia
65 BC	Battle of the Pelorus		Caucasian campaign of Pompey		Roman Republic	Defeat
51 AD	Siege of Garni		Iberian–Armenian War	Kingdom of Iberia	Kingdom of Armenia Roman Empire	Victory Rhadamistus ascended on the Armenian throne

Early Medieval fragmentation

Date	Battle	Modern Location	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
541	Siege of Petra		Lazic War	Sasanian Empire Lazica		Victory
549	Siege of Petra		Lazic War	Lazica	Sasanian Empire	Defeat
550	Battle of the Hippus^[1]		Lazic War	Lazica	Sasanian Empire Alans	Victory
551	Siege of Petra		Lazic War	Lazica	Sasanian Empire	Victory
551			Lazic War		Sasanian Empire	Victory
553	Battle of Telephis–Ollaria		Lazic War	Lazica	Sasanian Empire	Defeat
555	Siege of Phasis	Poti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Georgia	Lazic war	Lazica	Sasanian Empire	Victory
556	^[2]		Misimian revolt	Misimian rebels		Defeat
627-628	Siege of Tbilisi		Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628	Sasanian Iberia Sasanian Empire	Western Turkic Khaganate	Defeat End of Sasanian Iberia
737	Siege of Anacopia^[3]		Umayyad invasion of Georgia^[4]	Principality of Iberia Principality of Abkhazia	Umayyad Caliphate	Victory
818	Battle of Ksani		War over control of Kartli		Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti Emirate of Tbilisi Mtiuletians Tsanars	Iberian-Abkhazian victory Principality of Iberia gains land from Klarjeti to Ksani
840-842	Battle of Gavazi		Khalid ibn Yazid al-Shaybani's campaign in the Caucasus	Principality of Kakheti	Abbasid Caliphate Arminiya	Victory
842			Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Shaybani's campaign in the Caucasus	Emirate of TbilisiPrincipality of Kakheti	Abbasid Caliphate Arminiya Kouropalatate of Tao-Klarjeti	Inconclusive
853	Siege of Tbilisi		Bugha al-Kabir's campaign in the Caucasus	Emirate of Tbilisi	Abbasid Caliphate Arminiya Kouropalatate of Tao-Klarjeti	Victory of Abbasids and Tao Tbilisi is burnt down and its emir Sahak is executed Kouropalates of Tao-Klarjeti Bagrat I briefly gains Kartli
853	Battle of Kvertskhobi		Bugha al-Kabir's campaign in the Caucasus	Kingdom of Abkhazia	Abbasid Caliphate Arminiya Kouropalatate of Tao-Klarjeti	Victory of Abbasids and Tao
853	Battle of Tskhavati		Bugha al-Kabir's campaign in the Caucasus	Mtiuletians	Abbasid Caliphate Arminiya	Victory
888	Battle of Aspindza^[5]		Dynastic strife in Iberia	Adarnase IV of Iberia Gurgen I of Tao Bagratid Armenia	Nasra of Tao-Klarjeti Kingdom of Abkhazia Alania	Victory of Adarnase Nasra is put to death at Aspindza Adarnase crowns himself as the King of the Iberians
891	Battle of Mglinavi^[6]		Dynastic strife in Iberia	Adarnase IV of Iberia Bagrat I of Klarjeti	Gurgen I of Tao	Victory of Adarnase
892	Capture of Dvin		Campaign against Sajids		Sajid dynasty	Victory
904	Siege of Uplistsikhe^[7]		War over control of Shida Kartli		Kingdom of Abkhazia	Armenian-Iberian victory, but Constantine III of Abkhazia soon reclaims Shida Kartli
914	Siege of Queli		Sajid invasion of Georgia		Sajid dynasty	Defeat
970	Siege of Dzama		Abkhazian civil war	Theodosius III of AbkhaziaDuchy of Dzama	Demetrius III of Abkhazia	Indecisive
979	Battle of Pankaleia		Rebellion of Bardas Skleros		Bardas Skleros	Victory
980	Battle of Moghrisi	Temporary Tighvi Municipality, Shida Kartli, Georgia (de facto South Ossetia)	Unification of the Georgian realm	Bagrat III of Georgia	Kavtar Tbeli	Victory Bagrat III establishes his sovereignty over Kartli
990	Battle of Valashkert		David III's campaigns against the Muslims	Kingdom of the IberiansPrincipality of Tao	Rawadid dynasty	Victory
992-994	Capture of Malazgird		David III's campaigns against the Muslims	Principality of Tao	Marwanids	Victory David III captures Malazgird and expels Muslims
998	Battle of Tsumb		Mamlan I's campaign against David III	Kingdom of the IberiansPrincipality of Tao Bagratid Armenia	Rawadid dynasty	Victory

Kingdom of Georgia (1008–1490)

Date	Battle	Modern Location	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1012	Siege of Shamkor		Georgian–Shaddadid wars	Bagratid Armenia	Shaddadids	Victory
1021	Battle of Shirimni		Byzantine–Georgian war (1014-1022)	Bagratid Armenia		Defeat
1022	Battle of Svindax		Byzantine–Georgian war (1014-1022)			Defeat
1026	Siege of Shamkor		Georgian–Shaddadid wars		Shaddadids	Defeat
1028	Battle of Kldekari		Byzantine–Georgian war (1028)	Duchy of Kldekari		Victory
1030	Battle of Ekletz		Georgian–Shaddadid wars	Duchy of Kldekari Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget Emirate of Tbilisi	Shaddadids	Victory
1038-1040	Siege of Tbilisi		Unification of the Georgian realm	Duchy of Kldekari Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti	Emirate of Tbilisi	Inconclusive Bagrat IV lifts the siege
1042	Battle of Sasireti		Georgian civil war of 1033-1058	Varangians	Duchy of Kldekari	Defeat
1046			Byzantine–Seljuk wars	Duchy of Kldekari	Seljuk Empire	Defeat
1047	Battle of Arkistsikhe		Georgian civil war of 1033-1058	Duchy of Kalmakhi Duchy of Artanuj	Duchy of Kldekari Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget	Defeat
1048	Battle of Kapetron		Byzantine–Seljuk wars	Duchy of Kldekari	Seljuk Empire	Victory● Tactical Victory of Byzantine & Duchy of Kldekari
1064	Battle of Akhalkalaki		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Seljuk Empire	Defeat Seljuks conquer southern Georgian territories
1068	Siege of Sveri		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Seljuk Empire Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti Emirate of Tbilisi	Defeat Pyrrhic Seljuk victory: Seljuks take the fortress with heavy casualties, but halt their further advance into western Georgia due to a harsh winter
1074	Battle of Partskhisi		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Seljuk Empire	Victory Giorgi II reclaims southern Georgian territories
1080	Battle of Queli		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Seljuk Empire	Defeat Beginning of Great Turkish Invasion
1084	Siege of Vejini		Unification of the Georgian realm	Seljuk Empire	Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti	Inconclusive George II lifts the siege
1103			Unification of the Georgian realm		Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti	Victory
1104	Battle of Ertsukhi				Seljuk Empire	Victory
1110	Siege of Samshvilde		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Seljuk Empire	Victory
1110	Capture of Dzerna		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Seljuk Empire	Victory
1110	Battle of Trialeti		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Seljuk Empire	Victory
1115	Siege of Rustavi		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Seljuk Empire	Victory
1117	Caprure of Gishi		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Seljuk Empire	Victory
1118	Battle of Rakhsi				Seljuk Empire	Victory
1120	Battle of Botora		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Seljuk Empire	Victory
1121	Battle of Didgori				Seljuk Empire Artuqids Beylik of Dilmaç Banu Mazyad Shaddadids Emirate of Tbilisi	Victory Beginning of Georgian Golden Age
1122	Siege of Tbilisi		Georgian Crusade		Emirate of Tbilisi	Victory Reclamation of Tbilisi by the Georgians
1124	Capture of Dmanisi		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Seljuk Empire	Victory
1124	Siege of Ani		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Shaddadids	Victory
1139	Capture of Ganja		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Eldiguzids	Victory
1161	Siege of Ani		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Shah-Armens Artuqids Emirate of Kars Beylik of Dilmaç	Victory
1162	Battle of Dvin		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Shah-Armens Artuqids	Victory
1163	Battle of al-Krkri		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Eldiguzids Seljuk Empire Shah-Armens Ahmadilis Artuqids Beylik of Dilmaç	Defeat
1173	Siege of Derbent		Caspian expeditions of the Rusʹ	Shirvanshah	Rus' people Alans Kipchaks	Victory
1174			Georgian–Shaddadid wars Georgian–Seljuk wars		Shaddadids	Victory
1191	^[8]		Revolt of Yury Bogolyubsky		Yury Bogolyubsky	Victory
1195	Battle of Shamkor		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Eldiguzids	Victory
1196			Georgian–Seljuk wars	Zakarids	Shaddadids	Victory
1199			Georgian–Seljuk wars Georgian–Shaddadid wars	Zakarids	Shaddadids	Victory Ani conclusively annexed to the Kingdom of Georgia End of Shaddadids
1202	Battle of Basiani		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Sultanate of Rum Mengujekids	Victory
1203	Capture of Dvin^[9]		Georgian–Seljuk wars	Zakarids	Shah-Armens	Victory Dvin conclusively annexed to the Kingdom of Georgia
1206–1207	Siege of Kars		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Emirate of Kars	Victory Kars annexed to the Kingdom of Georgia
1208-1209			Ayyubid–Georgian wars		Ayyubid dynasty	Victory
1210	Siege of Ahlat^[10]		Ayyubid–Georgian wars		Ayyubid dynasty	Thirty Years' Truce
1213	Siege of Ganja		Georgian–Seljuk wars		Eldiguzids	Victory
1222			Mongol invasions of Georgia		Mongol Empire	Defeat
1225			Jalal al-Din's invasions of Georgia		Khwarazmian Empire	Defeat•Death of Shalva Akhaltsikheli
1226			Jalal al-Din's invasions of Georgia		Khwarazmian Empire	Defeat•100.000 Martyrs of Tbilisi
1228	Battle of Bolnisi		Jalal al-Din's invasions of Georgia		Khwarazmian Empire	Defeat
1243	Battle of Köse Dağ		Mongol invasions of Anatolia	Mongol Empire Principality of Khachen Georgian mercenaries	Sultanate of Rum Georgian auxiliaries Trapezuntine auxiliaries Latin mercenaries	Mongol victory
1258	Siege of Baghdad		Mongol invasions and conquests	Ilkhanate Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia	Abbasid Caliphate	Victory Annexation of Mesopotamia by the Ilkhanate
1260	Battle of Ain Jalut		Mongol invasions of the Levant	Ilkhanate Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia		Defeat
1260	^[11]			Kingdom of Georgia Principality of Samtskhe	IlkhanateGeorgian nobles	Defeat
1277	Battle of Elbistan		Mongol invasions of the Levant	Ilkhanate Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Sultanate of Rum	Mamluk Sultanate	Defeat
1281	Second Battle of Homs		Mongol invasions of the Levant	Ilkhanate Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Sultanate of Rum Knights Hospitaller	Mamluk Sultanate	Defeat
1282	Siege of Trebizond		Byzantine–Georgian wars	Kingdom of Western Georgia	Empire of Trebizond	Defeat
1299	Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar		Mongol invasions of the Levant	Ilkhanate Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia	Mamluk Sultanate	Victory
1303	Battle of Marj al-Saffar		Mongol invasions of the Levant	Ilkhanate Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia ^[12]	Mamluk Sultanate	Defeat
1317			Mongol invasions of Georgia		Ilkhanate	Victory
1320			Mongol invasions of Georgia		Ilkhanate	Victory
1322			Mongol invasions of Georgia		Ilkhanate	Victory
1327	Battle of Lomisi		War between Aragvi and Ksani to dominate Mtiuleti	Duchy of Ksani	Duchy of Aragvi Ilkhanate	Victory of Ksani
1330	Siege of Kutaisi^[13]		Military campaign of George V		Kingdom of Western Georgia	Victory Reunification of Western and Eastern Georgia
1386	Siege of Tbilisi		Timurid invasions of Georgia		Timurid Empire	Defeat
1396	Bagrat Liberation Expedition		Timurid invasions of Georgia			Victory
1397	Siege of Dariali	Dariali, Georgia	Timurid invasions of Georgia			Victory
1398	Siege of Alinja		Timurid invasions of Georgia			Defeat
1399	Battle of Alinja (1399)		Timurid invasions of Georgia			Victory
1403			Timurid invasions of Georgia		Timurid Empire	Defeat
1407	Battle of Nakhiduri		Turkoman invasions of Georgia	Simsir Shirvanshah	Qara Qoyunlu	Defeat•Qara Yusuf took 15.000 prisoners and killed George VII of Georgia
1412	Battle of Chalagan		Turkoman invasions of Georgia	Simsir Shirvanshah	Qara Qoyunlu	Defeat•Death of Constantine I
1431	Alexander's Annexation of Ani		Turkoman invasions of Georgia	Simsir Shirvanshah	Qara Qoyunlu	Victory
1444			Turkoman invasions of Georgia		Qara Qoyunlu	VictoryJahan Shah quietly left the battlefield at night and escaped to Tabriz
1463	Battle of Chikhori		Collapse of the Georgian realm		Kingdom of Imereti	Victory of İmereti
1465	Battle of Paravani^[14]		Collapse of the Georgian realm		Principality of Samtskhe	Victory of Samtskhe
1483	Battle of Aradeti		Collapse of the Georgian realm		Principality of Samtskhe	Victory of Samtskhe

Royal triarchy and principalities (1490–1801)

Date	Battle	Modern Location	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1501	Battle of Shahur	Sharur, Azerbaijan,	Perso-Turcoman wars	Kingdom of Kartli	Aq Qoyunlu	VictoryShah ismael I fought with his Persian and with his little bit Georgian Army against the Turcomans
1508	Georgian campaign (1508)		Georgian–Ottoman wars	Kingdom of Imereti	Ottoman Empire	DefeatIn 1507 Selim successfully defeated the Safavid army at Erzincan. The following year, in 1508, he organised an attack against Georgia. He invaded and captured western Georgia bringing Imereti and Guria under Ottoman rule. During his campaign he enslaved a large amount of women, girls and boys, reportedly more than 10,000 Georgians
1512			Civil war	Bagrat III of Imereti	VakhtangSupported by: Kingdom of Kartli Principality of Samtskhe	Victory of Bagrat
1518	Battle of Tmogvi		Civil war	Manuchar I Jaqeli	Qvarqvare III Jaqeli	Qvarqvare's victory Qvarqvare is reinstalled as the prince of Samtskhe-Saatabago
1520	Battle of Mokhisi		War of the Kakhetian Succession	Principality of Guria	Kingdom of Kartli	Gurian victory Levan of Kakheti ascends to the throne
1522	^[15]		Georgian–Safavid wars	Kingdom of Kartli		Defeat
1535	Battle of Murjakheti		Imereti–Samtskhe war	Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria		Victory Principality of Samtskhe is annexed by Imereti
1543	Battle of Karagak		Georgian–Ottoman wars	Kingdom of Imereti	Ottoman Empire	Victory
1545	Battle of Sokhoista		Georgian–Ottoman wars	Samtskhe-Saatabago	Ottoman Empire	Defeat Samtskhe becomes Ottoman vassal
1547	Ottoman invasion of Guria	Lazistan,Adjara	Georgian–Ottoman wars	Principality of Guria		Defeat
1549			Georgian–Ottoman wars	Samtskhe-Saatabago	Ottoman Empire	Defeat
1561			Georgian–Safavid wars	Kingdom of Kartli		Defeat
1567	Battle of Digomi		Georgian–Safavid wars	Kingdom of Kartli	Daud Khan	Victory
1568			Georgian–Safavid wars	Kingdom of Kartli	Daud Khan	Victory
1568	Battle of Ianeti		Civil war	Principality of MingreliaVaraz ChiladzeLiparteliani	Kingdom of Imereti	Imeretian victory
1569	Battle of Partskhisi		Georgian–Safavid wars	Kingdom of Kartli	Daud Khan	Victory Simon I of Kartli defeats Safavids in a battle, but is captured and imprisoned, while Daud Khan assumes nominal control of Kartli
1573	Battle of Zugdidi		Guria–Mingrelia war	Principality of Guria	Principality of Mingrelia	Gurian victory Giorgi II of Guria overthrows Mingrelian prince George III Dadiani and installs Mamia IV Dadiani instead
1578	Lala Mustafa Pasha's Caucasian campaign		Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590)	Kingdom of Kartli	Ottoman Empire	DefeatThe Kingdom of Kartli became a temporary vassal of the Ottoman Empire
1578	Battle of Çıldır		Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590)	Kingdom of Kartli	Ottoman Empire	Defeat The Ottomans enter Tbilisi and take control of entire Kartli until Mohammad Khodabanda liberates and reinstates King Simon I, who recaptures Lori and Gori
1579	Siege of Tbilisi		Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590)	Kingdom of Kartli	Ottoman Empire	Defeat Georgian-Kizilbash army fails to recapture Tbilisi
1582			Georgian–Ottoman wars	Kingdom of Kartli	Ottoman Empire	VictoryGeorgia defeats Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Mukhrani after a lot of invasions from Ottoman Empire and after losing a lot of Battles against Ottoman Empire
1583	Ferhad Pasha's march to Georgia		Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590) Georgian-Ottoman wars	Kingdom of Kartli	Ottoman Empire	Defeat Simon had to pay tribute to the Ottomans every year.
1584	Battle of Khatisopeli		Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590) Georgian-Ottoman wars	Kingdom of Kartli Principality of Samtskhe	Ottoman Empire	Defeat• Simon I, was unable to continue the fight and withdrew from the battlefield
1587	Occupation of Akhaltsikhe		Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590) Georgian-Ottoman wars	Principality of Samtskhe Kingdom of Kartli	Ottoman Empire	Defeat
1587	Occupation of Tbilisi		Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590) Georgian-Ottoman wars	Kingdom of Kartli	Ottoman Empire	Defeat
1588			War of Imeretian succession	Kingdom of Kartli	Kingdom of Imereti	Kartlian victory Simon I announces reunification of "two Iberias"
1590			War of Imeretian succession	Kingdom of Kartli	Principality of Mingrelia Rostom of Imereti	Mingrelian victory Simon I recognizes Rostom as the King of Imereti
1598–1599	Battle of Gori^[16]		Georgian–Ottoman wars	Kingdom of Kartli	Ottoman Empire	Victory Simon I liberates Gori from Ottomans
1599	Battle of Nakhiduri		Georgian–Ottoman wars	Kingdom of Kartli Principality of Guria Kingdom of Imereti	Ottoman Empire	Defeat King Simon, who was taken captive, was brought to Istanbul and imprisoned in Yedikule. During his imprisonment, he converted to Islam and took the name Mehmed Pasha. As a Muslim, he died in captivity.
1603	Safavid capture of Tabriz	Tabriz	Ottoman-Safavid wars	Safavid Empire Kingdom of Kartli	Ottoman Empire	Victory
1604	Battle of Zeyem	Azerbaijan	Georgian–Ottoman wars	Kingdom of Kartli	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate	Victory
1609	Battle of Tashiskari		Georgian–Ottoman wars	Kingdom of Kartli	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate	Victory
1615	Battle of Tsitsamuri		Abbas I's Kakhetian and Kartlian campaigns			Victory
1617	Abbas I's Kakhetian and Kartlian campaigns		Georgian–Safavid wars	Kingdom of Kartli Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti		Defeat•100.000 Georgians killed,Safavids, II. Suppressed the uprising of Luarsab and Teimuraz I Tbilisi fell into the hands of the Safavids again and was plundered Kartli and Kakheti temporarily came under Iranian sovereignty
1623	Battle of Gochouri			Principality of Mingrelia Abkhazians Sadzs	Kingdom of Imereti	Mingrelian victory
1625	Battle of Aghaiani		Kartli-Kakhetian Uprising (1625)	Kingdom of Kartli		Defeat
1625	Battle of Martqopi		Kartli-Kakhetian Uprising (1625)	Kingdom of Kartli		Victory
1625	Battle of Marabda		Kartli-Kakhetian Uprising (1625)	Kingdom of Kartli		Defeat
1625			Kartli-Kakhetian Uprising (1625)			Victory
1626	Battle of Bazaleti		Civil War		Giorgi Saakadze	Victory
1634	Battle of Kaka Bridge			Principality of Mingrelia	Kingdom of Imereti	Mingrelian victory
1658				Kingdom of Imereti Vameq III Dadiani	Liparit III Dadiani Principality of Guria Childir Eyalet	Imeretian victory Vameq is confirmed as Prince of Mingrelia Imereti restores hegemony over western Georgia
1659	Bakhtrioni Uprising		Georgian–Safavid wars		Safavid Empire	Victory•80.000 Perso-Turcoman killed by Georgians
1684			Civil war	Kingdom of Imereti Paata Abashidze	Principality of Guria Duchy of Racha	Imeretian victory
1690	Battle of Gogodani		Civil war	Archil of Imereti	Alexander IV of Imereti	Archil's victory
1703	Ottoman Invasion of western Georgia	Imereti, Georgia,	Ottoman-Georgian wars	Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria	Ottoman Empire	Victory
1711	Pruth River Campaign	Prut River, Romania,	Russo-Turkish wars	Russian Empire Kingdom of Kartli	Ottoman Empire	Victory
1716			Civil war	Kingdom of Imereti	Principality of Mingrelia Zurab Abashidze Childir Eyalet	Victory of Mingrelia and Abashidze George IV of Guria is crowned as King of Imereti, but George VII of Imereti soon regains power
1723	Battle of Zedavela		Georgian–Safavid wars	Kingdom of Kartli	Erivan Khanate Ganja Khanate Lezgin mercenaries	Defeat
1732	Battle of Chikhori		Civil war	Kingdom of Imereti	Principality of Mingrelia Duchy of Racha	Imeretian victory
1734	Battle of Magharo		Georgian–Ottoman wars		Ottoman Empire	Victory
1739			Civil war	Duchy of Ksani	Duchy of Aragvi	Victory of Ksani
1739	Battle of Karnal^[17] ^[18]		Nader Shah's invasion of India	Afsharid Empire	Mughal Empire Hyderabad Oudh	Victory
1744		Temporary Kurta Municipality, Shida Kartli, Georgia (de facto South Ossetia)	Kartli uprising	Givi Amilakhvari Ottoman Empire Childir Eyalet Lezgins	Teimuraz II Heraclius II Afsharid Empire	Victory of Heraclius and Teimuraz
1750			Military campaigns of Heraclius II and Teimuraz II	Kingdom of Kartli Ganja Khanate	Karabakh Khanate	Victory Ganja Khanate and Karabakh Khanate become vassals of Kartli and Kakheti
1751	^[19]		Georgian–Lezgin wars	Kingdom of Kartli	Jar-Balakan Elisu Sultanate Shaki Khanate	Defeat
1751	Battle of Kirkhbulakh		Azad Khan's invasion of Erivan Khanate	Kingdom of Kartli Erivan Khanate	Azad Khan Afghan	Victory Erivan Khanate becomes vassal of Kartli and Kakheti
1752			Georgian–Lezgin wars	Kingdom of Kartli	Shaki Khanate	Defeat
1752			Georgian–Lezgin wars	Kingdom of Kartli	Shaki Khanate	Victory Erivan Khanate and Ganja Khanate again become vassals of Kartli and Kakheti
1754			Georgian–Lezgin wars	Kingdom of Kartli	Avar Khanate Shaki Khanate	Victory
1755	Battle of Kvareli	Kvareli, Kakheti, Georgia,	Georgian–Lezgin wars	Kingdom of Kartli	Avar Khanate	Victory
1757	Battle of Khresili	Tkibuli Municipality, Imereti, Georgia,	Georgian–Ottoman wars	Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Principality of Abkhazia (Samurzakano)	Ottoman Empire	Victory
1770	Battle of Aspindza	Aspindza, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia,	Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)	Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti	Ottoman Empire	Victory
1770-1771			Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)	Principality of Mingrelia	Ottoman Empire	Inconclusive General Tottleben lifts the siege
1774	Battle of Chkheri	Kharagauli Municipality, Imereti, Georgia,	Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)	Kingdom of Imereti Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti	Ottoman Empire	Victory
1778/79	Battle of Ghartiskari	Mtskheta Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia,	Georgian–Lezgin wars	Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti	Lezgin marauders	Victory
1779	Battle of Rukh	Zugdidi Municipality, Mingrelia, Georgia,	Georgian–Ottoman wars	Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Guria Principality of Mingrelia	Ottoman Empire Principality of Abkhazia Crimean Khanate Alans Circassians Kabardians	Victory
1784	Battle of Nachiskrevi		Georgian–Ottoman wars	Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Guria	Ottoman Empire Pasha of Poti	Defeat Lower Guria remains under Ottoman control
1785			Georgian–Ottoman wars Georgian–Lezgin wars	Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti	Childir Eyalet Lezgin marauders	Victory
1789		Khoni Municipality, Imereti, Georgia,	War of Imeretian succession	David II of Imereti	Solomon II of Imereti Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti Principality of Mingrelia	Solomon II ascends to the Imeretian throne
1790		Near Zovreti, Zestafoni Municipality, Imereti, Georgia,	War of Imeretian succession	David II of Imereti Ottoman Empire Childir Eyalet Lezgins	Solomon II of Imereti	David II ascends to the Imeretian throne
1790	Battle of Lomsiantkhevi	Imereti, Georgia,	War of Imeretian succession	David II of Imereti	Solomon II of Imereti Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti Principality of Mingrelia	Solomon II returns to the Imeretian throne
1795	Battle of Krtsanisi	Tbilisi, Georgia,	Qajar invasion of Kartli-Kakheti	Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti Kingdom of Imereti	Qajar Iran Ganja Khanate Erivan Khanate	Defeat•Heraclius II defeated because of the Russian betrayal but 13.000 Persian soldier killed by Georgians
1796	Persian Expedition	Kartli, Georgia,	Qajar invasion of Kartli-Kakheti	Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti	Qajar Iran	Inconclusive•Strategic Persian Victory but both side claimed Victory
1800	Battle of Niakhura	On the shores of Iori River, Kakheti, Georgia,	Georgian–Lezgin wars	Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti	Avar Khanate Prince Alexander of Georgia	Victory

Russian Empire

Date	Battle	Modern Location	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1804	Battle of Lomisi	Dusheti Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia,	1804 Mtiuleti rebellion	Khevsur rebels	Russian Empire	Inconclusive Khevsurs encircle Russians, but they manage to escape
1807	Charge of Akhalkalaki		Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)	Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire	Defeat
1809	Battle of Maltakva		Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)	Principality of Guria Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Abkhazia	Ottoman Empire	Victory
1810			Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)	Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire Principality of Abkhazia	Russian victory Abkhazia joins Russian Empire as an autonomous principality
1812	^[20]		Kakheti uprising	Prince Grigol of Georgia	Russian Empire	Defeat
1812	Battle of Shilda		Kakheti uprising	Prince Alexander of Georgia Lezgin mercenaries	Russian Empire	Defeat Prince Alexander is defeated after initial victory
1828-1829	Battle of Akhaltsikhe		Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)	Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire	Victory
1829	Battle of Limani		Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)		Ottoman Empire	Victory
1841			Rebellion in Guria (1841)		Gurian rebels	Victory
1841	Battle of Ozurgeti		Rebellion in Guria (1841)		Gurian rebels	Defeat^[21]
1853	Battle of Shekvetili		Crimean War	Kutaisi Governorate		Defeat
1853	Battle of Akhaltsikhe		Crimean War	Kutaisi Governorate		Victory
1854	Battle of Nigoiti		Crimean War	Kutaisi Governorate		Victory
1854	Battle of Choloki		Crimean War	Kutaisi Governorate		Victory
1855	Battle of Enguri		Crimean War	Kutaisi Governorate		Defeat
1877-1878			Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)	Russian Empire		Victory
1905	Battle of Nasakirali		Russian Revolution of 1905	Gurian Republic	Cossacks	Victory
1905	Expedition of General Alikhanov-Avarsky		Russian Revolution of 1905	Gurian Republic		Defeat^[22] Uprising suppressed
1918	Battle of Anaria		Caucasus campaign	Transcaucasian Commissariat		Defeat
1918	Battle of Choloki		Caucasus campaign	Transcaucasian Commissariat		Victory

Georgian Democratic Republic (1918–1921)

Date	Battle	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1918	Abkhazia operation	Abkhazia conflict (1918)	Democratic Republic of Georgia Abkhaz People's Council Supported by: German Empire	Abkhaz BolsheviksSupported by: Russian Soviet Republic	Victory Georgian forces recapture Abkhazia from Bolshevik rebels
1918	Battle of Shulaveri	Georgian-Armenian wars			Defeat
1918	Battle of Opleti	Georgian-Armenian wars			Victory
1918	Battle of Lambalo	Georgian-Armenian wars			Victory
1918	Sochi offensive^[23]	Sochi conflict	Democratic Republic of Georgia Abkhaz People's Council	Russian Soviet Republic	Victory Georgians capture Sochi
1918	Battle of Tuapse^[24]	Sochi conflict	Democratic Republic of Georgia Kuban Cossacks^[25]	Russian Soviet Republic North Caucasian Soviet Republic	Victory Georgians capture Tuapse
1918		Abkhazia conflict (1918)	Democratic Republic of Georgia	Abkhaz Muhacir landing force	Victory
1918	Taman Army March^[26]	Sochi conflict Russian Civil War	Russian Soviet Republic Taman Army	White movement Kuban People's Republic Democratic Republic of Georgia ---- German Empire	Defeat Georgians withdraw from Tuapse
1919	Sochi counteroffensive^[27]	Sochi conflict		White movement	Defeat White forces capture Sochinsky okrug
1919	Battle of Gagra	Sochi conflict	Democratic Republic of Georgia Military support: Green armies	White movement	Victory Georgians recapture Gagra
1919	Capture of Ardahan^[28]	War with South West Caucasian Republic		South West Caucasian Republic	Victory
1920	Battle of Poilo Bridge^[29]	Border clashes between Georgia and Soviet Azerbaijan during the 1920 Georgian coup attempt			Victory Soviet offensive halted
1921		Red Army invasion of Georgia			Defeat
1921		Red Army invasion of Georgia			Defeat
1921		Red Army invasion of Georgia			Defeat
1921	Battle of Batumi	Red Army invasion of Georgia	Democratic Republic of Georgia Supported by:	Turkish Provisional Government	Victory

Republic of Georgia (1991–)

Date	Battle	Modern Location	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1992	Battle of Sokhumi		War in Abkhazia (1992-1993)			Victory
1992	Battle of Gagra		War in Abkhazia (1992-1993)	Georgia	Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus	Defeat Abkhaz separatists capture Gagra District
1992	Battle of Ochamchire		War in Abkhazia (1992-1993)	Georgia	Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus	Victory
1992-1993	Siege of Tkvarcheli		War in Abkhazia (1992-1993)		Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus	Defeat
1993	Battle of Gumista		War in Abkhazia (1992-1993)	Georgia	Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus	Victory Abkhaz separatists fail to capture Sokhumi
1993	Battle of Kamani		War in Abkhazia (1992-1993)		Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus	Defeat
1993	^[30]		War in Abkhazia (1992-1993)		Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus	Victory
1993	Battle of Sokhumi		War in Abkhazia (1992-1993)	Georgia	Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus	Defeat Abkhazia gains de facto independence
1993	Battle of Poti		Georgian Civil War	Eduard Shevardnadze	Zviadists	Victory of Shevardnadze and Russia
2006–2014	Battle of Nawzad		War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)	International Security Assistance Force United States United Kingdom Estonia Georgia	Taliban	Indecisive
2008	Operation Phantom Phoenix		Iraq War	United States Iraq Georgia United Kingdom	Islamic state of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	Partial victory
2008	Battle of Tskhinvali	Tskhinvali, Shida Kartli, Georgia (de facto South Ossetia)	Russo-Georgian War	Georgia	South Ossetia	Defeat
2008	Battle in the Liakhvi Gorge	Georgia (de facto South Ossetia)	Russo-Georgian War	Georgia	South Ossetia	Defeat
2008	Battle of the Kodori Valley		Russo-Georgian War	Georgia	Abkhazia	Defeat
2008	Battle off the coast of Abkhazia		Russo-Georgian War			Defeat
2008	Occupation of Gori		Russo-Georgian War			Defeat
2008	Occupation of Poti		Russo-Georgian War			Defeat
2010–2011	Battle of Sangin		War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)	ISAF / United States Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Georgia	Taliban	Victory

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