Georgia (German Heritage)

The Kingdom of Georgia (: საქართველოს სამეფო), is a  in Western Asia.

Georgia is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital and largest city is Tbilisi. Georgia covers a territory of 69,700 square kilometres (26,911 sq mi), and its population numbers about 3.718 million.

Years of European-German economic funding have boosted the economy, making Georgia one of the strongest economies in the. On the, Georgia ranks among the top 10 and is one of the fastest-growing economies in Eurasia.

Georgia is a member of the, , and the.

History
The had been founded after the Russian Revolution of 1917. However, the new state was fragile due to both internal and external factors. In Late-1918, the German Empire offered protection in return for taking a newly created throne in Georgia, which was accepted. Joachim was coronated in March 1919, and took the of David VII, named after the great king of Georgia.

The threated Georgia’s newfound independence by attempting to assassinate key officials, as well as David VII himself, and by stirring up revolts among the Armenian population. While these revolts were contained and put down by the Royal Georgian army, they caused considerable turmoil and instability to the new state.

On the 7th of February, 1922, David VII commited suicide, leaving his 5 year old son (later George IX) to succeed him as king. Joachim’s marriage to Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt had broken down in 1920, which led him into a bout of deep depression. A Regency Council led by Prince Georges V. Matchabelli served Karl Franz for 12 years, until his 18th birthday in 1934. Matchabelli groomed George IX to be invested in Georgian society, culture and language. George IX married Princess Maria Bagration of Mukhrani, daughter of Prince George of Mukhrani, head of the royal house of Mukhrani in 1940, and later had three children with her.

The Social Democratic Party dominated Georgian politics during the interwar period, winning a parliamentary majority in all elections from 1919 to 1939. However, even though the SDG dominated the elected house, the real power was still in the hands of the Upper House of the Appointed. The “Rose Revolution” caused the regent to change the constitution so that the lower house had power, rather than the royally appointed. The Social Democrats moderated from a extreme-Menshevik party to a more centrist social democracy Party as a part of the agreement. The National-Democratic Party, a now-right-wing conservative party, formed the main bulk of the opposition, led by Revaz Gabashvili.

During, Georgia was invaded by the Soviet Union after the invasion of Ukraine and Finland. The Georgian Government fled southwards into, hoping to further flee to. The Soviet occupying forces purged suspected agitators and conscripted many young men into the Red Army. The Turkish Army fully liberated Georgia in January 1944, though the human cost of the Occupation was still felt, even years after WWII. Some Georgians conscripts were killed in mass executions during the Soviet retreat in 1945-46, and more were taken for labour east of the Urals.

In the election of 1946, the National-Democratic Party won its first parliamentary victory, with independence-era national hero Kakutsa Cholokashvili as its leader. Under Katutsa, Georgia started to rebuild its industry and economy, which had been heavily bombed during the Caucasian Campaign. The SUDSS was instrumental in the purging and investigation of suspected communists. The SUDSS’ main opponent was the Jughashvili Organisation, which smuggled communists into the Soviet Union from the Caucasian nations. An estimated 3,000 fled from Georgia as many communist sympathisers had already fled with the Soviet Army during its retreat to the Urals in 1944-45.