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.
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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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Defeat |
65 BC | Pompey's campaign in Caucasian Albania | Kingdom of Iberia ![]() |
Caucasian Albania | Victory |
35 | Pharasmanes I of Iberia captured Armenia | Kingdom of Iberia | ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
51 | Armenia–Iberia War |
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Victory |
58-63 | Roman–Parthian War | ![]() Kingdom of Iberia |
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Compromise |
113-117 | Roman-Parthian War | ![]() Kingdom of Iberia Caucasian Albania |
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Victory |
117 | Pharasmanes II of Iberia back selected territories by Armenia | Kingdom of Iberia | ![]() |
Victory |
2nd century | The invasion of Alans | Kingdom of Iberia | Alans | Victory |
253 | The invasion of the Crimean Goths | Lazica![]() |
Crimean Goths | Victory |
363-378 | The Persians take control of Iberia | Kingdom of Iberia![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
Alans | Victory |
468 | War of Svaneti | ![]() |
Lazica | Victory |
482-502 | King Vakhtang I Gorgasali's war of resistance against the Persian invaders in Kartli. | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Indecisive |
1511-1513 | Kakheti invasion of Kartli | ![]() |
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Victory |
1513 | Kartli invasion of Kakheti | ![]() |
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Victory |
1518 | Div Sultan Rumlu invasion of Georgia | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1518 | Kartli invasion of Kakheti | ![]() |
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Peace Agreement |
1520 | Battle of Mokhisi | ![]() |
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Victory |
1522 | Battle of Teleti | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1524-1525 | Return Kartli King David | ![]() |
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Victory |
1525 | Imereti invading Samtskhe | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
1533 | Mamia's invasion of Jiketi | ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat |
1535 | Battle of Murjakheti | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
1541 | The Persian invasion | ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat |
1543 | Battle of Karagak | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
1545 | Battle of Sokhoista | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat |
1547 | Ottoman invasion of Guria | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1545-1557 | Persian raids in East Georgia | ![]() |
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Battle of Garisi |
1558 | Battle of Garisi | ![]() |
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Pyrrhic victory |
1564 | Exemption Batumi | ![]() |
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Victory |
1567 | Battle of Digomi | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1569 | Battle of Samadlo | ![]() |
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Victory |
1569 | Battle of Partskhisi | ![]() |
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Defeat. Davud Khan effectively installed in Kartli as Safavid-appointed ruler |
1578 | Invasion Lala-Pasha | ![]()
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Ottoman victory |
1543-1639 (intermittent) | Occupation and annexation by the Ottomans of the principality Samtskhe | ![]() ![]() |
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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) | ![]()
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Defeat |
1582 | The annexation of Batumi Ottomans | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1588 | Invasion of Kartli Imereti | ![]() |
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Victory |
1589 | Gurian invasion of Imereti | ![]() |
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King became Bagrat IV |
1590 | Invasion of Kartli Imereti | ![]() |
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Victory |
1590 | War Kartli and Odishi due Imereti | ![]() |
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King became Rostom |
1595-1599 | War Simon I of Kartli against Turkey | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1605 | Safavid-sponsored coup | ![]() |
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Constantine I (Constantine Khan) installed on the Kakhetian puppet throne |
1609 | Battle of Tashiskari | ![]() |
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Victory |
1609 | Exemption Batumi | ![]() |
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Victory |
1603-1618 | Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–18) | ![]() |
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Victory |
1614 | The annexation of Batumi Ottomans | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1614-1625 | The revolt against the Persians | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat |
1623 | The war against Odishi | ![]() |
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Winning of Samegrelo |
1626 | Battle of Bazaleti | ![]() |
Giorgi Saakadze | Victory |
1628 | Megrelo-Abkhaz war | ![]() |
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Victory |
1633-1634 | Rostom takes control of Kartli | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
1634 | Megrelo-Abkhaz war | ![]() |
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Victory |
1641-1648 | Kartli-Kakheti war | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
1657 | Imereti invasion Megrelia | ![]() |
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Victory |
1659 | Kakheti uprising | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1660 | Subordination of Kartli Kakheti | ![]() |
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Victory |
1664 | Attempts to release Kakheti | ![]() |
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Victory |
1660-1720 | Dynastic wars in Imereti | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Compromise |
1688-1695 | Kartli-Kakheti war | ![]() |
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Compromise |
1703 | Ottoman invasion of western Georgia | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1709-1722 | Rise of the Afghans against the Persians | ![]()
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Afghans conquer Iran |
1722-1724 | Kartli-Kakheti war | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Kakhetians expelled from Kartli |
1723 | Capturing of port cities of Samegrelo by Ottomans | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1722-1723 | Russo-Persian War (1722–23) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The planned aid from Russia did not come |
1724-1732 | Turkish occupation of East Georgia | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1734 | Turkish march to Kakheti | ![]() |
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Victory |
1735 | Submission of Eastern Georgia Nader Shah`s | ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat |
1738-39 | Nader Shah's invasion of the Mughal Empire | ![]()
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Victory |
1744 | The Turkish invasion of Kakheti | ![]() |
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Victory |
1747 | Ganja invasion of Kakheti | ![]() |
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Victory |
1748 | Baratashvili rebellion | ![]() |
Baratashvili | Victory |
1748 | Rise of Abdullah Bey | ![]() |
Iranian Azerbaijan | Victory |
1750-1769 | The revolt against the royal power in Racha | ![]() |
Duchy of Racha | Victory |
1751 | Battle of Kirkhbulakh | ![]() |
Army of Azad Khan | Victory |
1752 | War with Ganja | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
1757 | Battle of Khresili | ![]() |
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Victory |
1758 | The Turkish invasion | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
1770 | Battle of Aspindza | ![]() |
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Victory |
1768-1774 | Russo-Turkish War (1768–74) | ![]()
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Victory |
1784-1789 | The revolt against the royal power in Racha | ![]() |
Duchy of Racha | Victory |
1785 | Invasion Omar Khan | ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat |
1795 | Battle of Krtsanisi | ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat |
1800 | Invasion Omar Khan | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
1801 | The annexation of East Georgia by Russia | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1806-1812 | Russo-Turkish War (1806–12) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Wallachia |
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Victory |
1828-1829 | Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) | ![]()
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Victory |
1810-1865 | Annexation of West Georgia by Russia | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat |
16th-19th | Lekianoba | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Lezgian | Beginning in 1801, with the annexation of Georgia by the Russian Empire, the Dagestani inroads weakened significantly. |
16th-19th | Osianoba | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Beginning in 1801, with the annexation of Georgia by the Russian Empire. |
1853-1856 | Caucasian Front of the Crimean War | ![]()
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The victory at the front, but the defeat of Russia in the war |
1817-1864 | Caucasian War | ![]()
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Caucasus annexed into Russia. |
1877-1878 | Caucasian campaign of the Russian-Turkish War (1877-1878) Svaneti uprising of 1875–1876 |
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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 | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1941-1945 | World War II | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
1956 | Hungarian Revolution | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
1968 | Invasion of Czechoslovakia | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
1979-1989 | Soviet–Afghan War | ![]() ![]() |
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Withdrawal |