List of wars involving Georgia (country) explained

This is a list of wars involving Georgia and its predecessor states.The list gives the name, the date, the combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

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Colchis and Iberia

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
720s BC	Scytho-Cimmerian invasion of Colchis	Colchis	Scythians Cimmerians	Defeat
65 BC	Pompey's campaign of Georgia	Kingdom of Iberia Colchis		Defeat Vassalization of Iberia Annexation of Colchis
35-54	Iberian–Armenian War	Kingdom of Iberia Roman Empire (35-50, 52-54)	Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire Roman Empire (50-51)	Inconclusive Iberia subjugates Armenia, but subsequently retreats under pressure from the Parthians.
58-63	Roman–Parthian War of 58–63	Roman Empire Sophene Lesser Armenia Kingdom of Iberia Commagene Kingdom of Pontus	Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire	Defeat Treaty of Rhandeia Arsacids established on Armenian throne

Early Medieval fragmentation

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
526-532	Iberian War	Kingdom of Iberia Ghassanids Huns Heruli Kingdom of Aksum Kingdom of Kinda	Sasanian Empire Lakhmid kingdom Sabirs	Inconclusive Perpetual Peace (532)
541-562	Lazic War	Lazica (548-562)	Sasanian Empire Lazica (541-548)	Inconclusive^[1] Fifty-Year Peace Treaty
602-628	Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 Perso-Turkic war of 627–629	Sasanian Empire Avars (and Slavic allies) Sasanian Iberia Jewish and Samaritan rebels (c. 614) Lakhmids Lombards Visigoths	Western Turkic Khaganate Ghassanids	Defeat End of Sasanian Iberia
735-737	Umayyad invasion of Georgia	Principality of Iberia Kingdom of Abkhazia	Umayyad Caliphate	Defeat
914	Sajid invasion of Georgia	Kingdom of the Iberians Principality of Kakheti Kingdom of Abkhazia	Sajid dynasty	The Sajids withdraw from Georgia
993-998	David III's campaigns against the Muslims	Kingdom of the Iberians Bagratid Armenia	Marwanids Rawadid dynasty	Victory

Kingdom of Georgia

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1014-1022	Byzantine–Georgian war (1014-1022)	Bagratid Armenia Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti		Defeat Byzantine–Georgian treaty of 1022
1028	Byzantine–Georgian war (1028)			Byzantine–Georgian treaty of 1031
1033-1058	Georgian civil war of 1033-1058	Varangians	Demetrius of Anacopia (1033-1042) Liparit IV of Kldekari (1039-1060) Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget	Bagrat IV was recognized as king
1064-1068	Alp Arslan's invasions of Georgia		Seljuk Empire Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget Emirate of Tbilisi Shaddadids	Defeat
1117-1124	Georgian conquest of Shirvan		Seljuk Empire Shirvanshahs	Victory Conquest of Shirvan
1204	Georgian expedition to Chaldia			Victory Foundation of the Empire of Trebizond
1204-1206			Shah-Armens Emirate of Kars	Victory The Georgians annexed Kars
1208-1210			Ayyubid Empire Emirs of Homs Emirs of Hama Emirs of Baalbek	Inconclusive Thirty Years' Truce
1209-1211	Georgian campaign against the Eldiguzids		Eldiguzids	Victory The Eldiguzids became vassals of Georgia
1048-1213	Georgian–Seljuk wars	Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti Kipchaks Alania Shirvanshahs	Seljuk Empire Eldiguzids Emirate of Tbilisi Shaddadids Shah-Armens Artuqids Saltukids Sultanate of Rum	Victory
1225-1228			Khwarazmian Empire	Defeat
1220-1236	Mongol invasions of Georgia	Kingdom of Georgia	Mongol Empire	Defeat
1302-1303	Azat Mousa's invasion of Georgia		Sultanate of Rum	Victory
14th century	Vameq's invasion of Jiketi^[2]		Kingdom of Zichia	Victory
1386-1403	Timurid invasions of Georgia		Timurid Empire	Defeat Truce of Shamkor
1405	George's campaign against the Timurids			Victory George succeeded in expanding Georgia's borders temporarily to their former extent.
1407-1502	Turkoman invasions of Georgia	Kingdom of Georgia Shirvanshah Safavid Empire (1502)	Qara Qoyunlu (1407-1468) Aq Qoyunlu (1468-1502)	Victory End of invasions against Georgia and consolidation of Safavids in Persia
1463-1493		Duchy of Mingrelia	Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Principality of Svaneti Principality of Abkhazia----	Fall of Kingdom of Georgia

Kingdoms and principalities

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1533	Mamia's invasion of Jiketi^[3]	Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria	Kingdom of Zichia	Defeat The allies won the first battle, but the Circassians defeated the allies in the second battle
1547	Ottoman invasion of Guria	Principality of Guria	Ottoman Empire	Defeat
1541-1566	Tahmasp I's campaigns in Kartili and Kakheti	Kingdom of Kartli	Safavid Iran	Defeat
1578-1590	Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590) Lala Mustafa Pasha's Caucasian campaign	Safavid Iran Kingdom of Kartli (1578-1588) (1578) (1578, 1582–1587) Principality of Guria (1583-1587)	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Guria (1578-1583, after 1587) Principality of Mingrelia (1578-1582) Shaybanids	Ottoman victory Treaty of Istanbul (1590)
1603-1612	Ottoman–Safavid war (1603–1612)	Safavid Iran	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of Nasuh Pasha
1614-1617	Abbas I's Kakhetian and Kartlian campaigns	Kingdom of Kartli	Safavid Iran	Defeat
1623-1658		Kingdom of Imereti Salipartiano (from 1657)	Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Principality of Abkhazia Kingdom of Kartli Childir Eyalet	Imeretian victory Imereti restores hegemony over western Georgia
1703	Ottoman invasion of western Georgia	Ottoman Empire	Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Guria Principality of Mingrelia	Victory
1722-1723	Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)	Ukrainian Cossacks Kingdom of Kartli		Victory Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1723)
1730-1735	Ottoman–Persian War (1730–1735) Caucasus Campaign (1735)	Safavid Iran (from 1732) Kingdom of Kartli (from 1735) Quba Khanate (from 1734) Shamkhalate of Tarki (from 1734)	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of Constantinople (1736) Treaty of Ganja
1738-40	Nader Shah's invasion of India^[4] ^[5]	Afsharid Empire	Mughal Empire Hyderabad State Oudh	Victory
1768-1774	Russo-Turkish War (1768–74)	Zaporozhian Host Greek insurgents Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti Kingdom of Imereti	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate	Victory Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca
1796	Persian expedition of 1796	Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti	Qajar Iran	Russian withdrawal Tactical Russian victory Strategic Persian victory
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 Treaty of Bucharest (1812)
1828-1829	Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)	Russian Empire Kutaisi Governorate Tiflis Governorate Armenian Oblast Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Principality of Svaneti Principality of Abkhazia Supported by: France United Kingdom	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of Adrianople (1829)
1853-1856	The Caucasus front of the Crimean War	Russian Empire Kutaisi Governorate Tiflis Governorate Erivan Governorate Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Abkhazia (1853-1855)	Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Principality of Abkhazia (1855-1856)	The victory at the front, but the defeat of Russia in the war
1722-1864	Russo-Circassian War	Kalmyk Khanate Principality of Mingrelia (1803–1864) Principality of Guria (1810–1829) Principality of Svaneti (1810-1859) Principality of Abkhazia (1810-1864)	Circassian Confederation Kabardia (East Circassia) (until 1822)	Victory Annexation of Circassia by the Russian Empire
1817-1864	Caucasian War	Kuban Cossacks Shamkhalate of Tarki Principality of Guria (until 1829) Principality of Svaneti (until 1859) Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Abkhazia (from 1810)	Circassian Confederation Caucasian Imamate	Victory Russian annexation of the North Caucasus
1877-1878	Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)	Russian Empire Kutaisi Governorate Tiflis Governorate Erivan Governorate Dagestan Oblast Terek Oblast Baku Governorate Kuban Oblast Elisabethpol Governorate	Ottoman Empire Trebizond Vilayet Erzurum Vilayet Bitlis Vilayet Van Vilayet Sivas Vilayet	Victory Treaty of San Stefano
1914-1918	World War I	Allied Powers Georgians within the Russian Empire (from 1915) (from 1916) (from 1916) (from 1917) (from 1917) (from 1917)	Central Powers Georgian Legion (until 1916) (from 1915) (from 1915)	Allied victory Russia prematurely withdraws from war with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Georgian Democratic Republic

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1914-1918	Caucasus Campaign	(1914–17) Kutaisi Governorate Tiflis Governorate (1918) Armenia (1918) Central Caspian Dictatorship (1918) ---- (1918) Baku Commune (1918)	Trebizond Vilayet Erzurum Vilayet Bitlis Vilayet Van Vilayet Sivas Vilayet Azerbaijan (1918) Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (1918) (1914–17)---- (1918) (1918)	Compromise
1918	Abkhazia conflict (1918)	Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic Supported by:	Abkhaz Bolsheviks Supported by: Kuban-Black Sea Soviet Republic --------- Abkhaz Muhajirs	Victory
1918-1919	Sochi conflict		--------- White movement	Inconclusive Gagra is transferred to Georgia The rest of Sochinsky okrug is transferred to Russia
1918	Armeno-Georgian War		First Republic of Armenia	Inconclusive With the intervention of Great Britain, a truce was concluded between Armenia and Georgia.
1918-1920	Georgian–Ossetian conflict (1918–1920) First Ossetian uprising Second Ossetian uprising Third Ossetian uprising		Ossetian Bolsheviks Supported by:	Victory All Ossetian uprisings were suppressed by Georgians
1921	Red Army invasion of Georgia		--------- Ankara Government	Defeat Establishment of the Georgian SSR

Georgian SSR

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1941-1945	World War II	Allies United States United Kingdom Poland Canada Australia New Zealand Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Mexico	Axis Georgian Legion Italy	Allied victory
1979-1989	Soviet–Afghan War	Afghanistan	Afghan Mujahideen	Defeat

Republic of Georgia

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1991-1993	Georgian Civil War 1991–1992 Georgian coup d'état	Pro-Gamsakhurdia forces Parts of National Guard Supported by:	Pro-Shevardnadze forces Military Council State Council Parts of National Guard Mkhedrioni (since October 1993)	Shevardnadze's victory Gamsakhurdia government expunged
1991-1992	South Ossetian war	Georgia		Defeat
1992-1993	War in Abkhazia	Georgia Georgian Armed Forces Mkhedrioni Zviadists UNA-UNSO "Argo"	Abkhazian Armed Forces Bagramyan Battalion Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus Kuban Cossacks Don Cossacks	Defeat
1998	War in Abkhazia (1998)	White Legion Forest Brotherhood		Defeat
2008	Russo-Georgian War	Georgia		Defeat
2001–2021	War in Afghanistan	Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Afghan National Security Forces Advisers, Non-combat support, & Counter-terrorism operations: Resolute Support Australia Czech Republic Georgia (IPAP) Germany Italy Romania Turkey Spain United Kingdom United States	Taliban al-Qaeda Haqqani network Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin United Tajik Opposition	Defeat
2003-2011	Iraq War	United States Iraq United Kingdom Italy Poland Australia Georgia Ukraine Estonia Netherlands Spain Denmark MNF–I INC New Iraqi Army KDP PUK Turkey (Political Support)	Ba'athist Iraq Ba'ath Loyalists SCJL Naqshbandi Army Islamic State of Iraq Al-Qaeda Mahdi Army Special Groups Badr Brigades	Victory

See also

• List of wars involving Russia
• List of wars involving Armenia
• List of wars involving Azerbaijan
• List of Georgian battles

References

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Notes and References

1. Book: Leppin . Hartmut . Meier . Mischa . Montinaro . Federico . A Companion to Procopius of Caesarea . 2021 . Brill . Leiden, The Netherlands . 978-90-04-49877-8 . 13 . The Eastern Roman Empire and Its Neighbours in the “Age of Justinian” – An Overview . After 545 truces brought peace to most of the border regions, but the war lingered in the Caucasus until 561, when Khosrow and Justinian finally agreed to a fifty-year peace. There was no definite victor, but the Sasanian Empire was in a slightly better position as Rome was obliged to pay a fixed sum to Persia each year..
2. Book: Beradze . Tamaz . . Metsniereba . 1983 . 4 . Tbilisi . 287 . Georgian . Vameq I Dadiani.
3. Book: Beradze . Tamaz . . Metsniereba . 1983 . 6 . Tbilisi . 396 . Georgian . Mamia III Dadiani.
4. David Marshall Lang. Russia and the Armenians of Transcaucasia, 1797–1889: a documentary record Columbia University Press, 1957 (digitalised March 2009, originally from the University of Michigan) p. 142.
5. Valeri Silogava, Kakha Shengelia. "History of Georgia: From the Ancient Times Through the "Rose Revolution" Caucasus University Publishing House, 2007 pp. 158, 278.