Treaty of Georgievsk

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The Treaty of Georgievsk was a 1783 agreement that made the eastern Georgian kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti a protectorate of the Russian Empire, marking a pivotal step in Russia’s expansion into the Caucasus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
protectorate treaty ⓘ
appliesToRegion Caucasus ⓘ
Eastern Georgia ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti ⓘ
category Treaties involving Georgia (country) ⓘ
Treaties of the Russian Empire ⓘ
countrySignatory Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
dateSigned 1783-07-24 ⓘ
followedBy Russian annexation of Kartli-Kakheti in 1801 ⓘ
grantedBy Russian Empire ⓘ
grantedRight Russian protection against external enemies ⓘ
guarantee of internal autonomy of Kartli-Kakheti ⓘ
guarantee of territorial integrity of Kartli-Kakheti ⓘ
grantedTo Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti ⓘ
hasPart articles defining mutual obligations ⓘ
clauses on succession of the Georgian throne ⓘ
preamble ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
language Georgian ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1801 largely disregarded by the Russian Empire ⓘ
locatedIn Georgievsk ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
obligationImposed Kartli-Kakheti to conduct foreign policy through Russia ⓘ
Kartli-Kakheti to provide military support to Russia under certain conditions ⓘ
Kartli-Kakheti to recognize Russian suzerainty ⓘ
opposedBy some Georgian nobles in later interpretations ⓘ
placeSigned Georgievsk ⓘ
precededBy Heraclius II’s search for a Christian protector against Persia and the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
purpose to place Kartli-Kakheti under Russian protection ⓘ
to secure Russian strategic presence in the Caucasus ⓘ
relatedEvent Russian expansion into the Caucasus ⓘ
Russo-Persian conflicts in the Caucasus ⓘ
annexation of Kartli-Kakheti by the Russian Empire ⓘ
result establishment of Russian protectorate over Kartli-Kakheti ⓘ
formalization of Russian influence in eastern Georgia ⓘ
limitation of Kartli-Kakheti’s independent foreign policy ⓘ
signatory Catherine II of Russia ⓘ
Heraclius II of Kartli-Kakheti ⓘ
significance foundation for later Russian control over Georgia ⓘ
pivotal step in Russian expansion into the Caucasus ⓘ
turning point in the political status of eastern Georgia ⓘ
stipulated hereditary monarchy of the Bagrationi dynasty in Kartli-Kakheti under Russian protection ⓘ
non-interference of Russia in internal affairs of Kartli-Kakheti (formally) ⓘ
topic Russian–Georgian relations ⓘ
protectorate system in international law ⓘ
yearSigned 1783 ⓘ

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Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti → treaty → Treaty of Georgievsk ⓘ
Treaty of London (1831) → category → Treaties of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Georgievsk
Treaty of Constantinople of 1832 → category → Treaties of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Georgievsk
Heraclius II of Georgia → signed → Treaty of Georgievsk ⓘ
Treaty of Georgievsk → category → Treaties of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Georgievsk
George XII of Georgia → successorEvent → Annexation of Kartli-Kakheti by the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Georgievsk
Georgievsk → historicallyNotableFor → Treaty of Georgievsk ⓘ
Georgievsk → treatySignedHere → Treaty of Georgievsk ⓘ
Georgievsk → treatyType → protectorate treaty (Treaty of Georgievsk) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Georgievsk
Erekle II → signedTreaty → Treaty of Georgievsk ⓘ
Treaties of the Russian Empire → includes → Treaty of Georgievsk ⓘ
Kartli-Kakheti → treaty → Treaty of Georgievsk ⓘ