List of wars involving Georgia (country)
This is a list of wars involving the Republic of 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. 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 |
Kingdom of Iberia | Victory | |
58-63 | Roman–Parthian War | Kingdom of Iberia |
Compromise | |
113-117 | Roman-Parthian War | Kingdom of Iberia Caucasian Albania |
Parthian Empire |
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 |
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. | Defeat |
Early Medieval fragmentation
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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523 | The revolt against the Persians | Defeat | ||
526-532 | Iberian War | Lakhmids |
Persian relative victory. Treaty of Eternal Peace Byzantines paid tribute of 11,000 lbs (5000 kg) gold. Sasanians retain Iberia, Byzantines retain Lazica. | |
541-562 | Lazic War | Lazica (541-548) |
Lazica (after 548) |
Status quo ante bellum |
572-591 | Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591 |
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Most of Iberia departs Byzantium |
602-628 | Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 | Avar Khaganate |
The defeat of Persia, restoring Chosroid dynasty | |
642-643 | The invasion of the Arabs | Lazica |
Victory | |
644-645 | The invasion of the Arabs | Lazica |
Defeat | |
681-682 | The uprising against the Arabs | Umayyad Caliphate Khazar Khaganate |
Defeat | |
685 | Invasion of Khazars | Arminiya Caucasian Albania |
Khazar Khaganate | Defeat |
697 | Capture West Georgia Arabs | Lazica | Umayyad Caliphate | Defeat |
722-732 | The second Arab-Khazar wars (with 722) | Umayyad Caliphate | Khazar Khaganate | Indecisive |
735-737 | Marwan ibn Muhammad's invasion of Georgia | Lazica |
Umayyad Caliphate | Defeat |
762-764 | Invasion of the Khazars | Emirate of Tbilisi | Khazar Khaganate | Defeat |
786 | Liberation of Abkhazia from the Byzantine protectorate | Victory | ||
818 | The campaign against Kakhetians | Kingdom of Kakheti Emirate of Tbilisi |
Victory | |
826 | The invasion of the Arabs | Defeat | ||
843 | Expedition against the emir of Tbilisi | Emirate of Tbilisi Kingdom of Kakheti |
Indecisive | |
853 | Expedition against the emir of Tbilisi | Emirate of Tbilisi Kingdom of Kakheti |
Victory | |
861-868 | Capture Abkhazia Kartli | Victory | ||
881-888 | Civil War | Victory | ||
887 | Bagrat I of Abkhazia back throne | Victory | ||
888 | Adarnase returned Kartli | Victory | ||
891 | Civil war | Victory | ||
904 | The war against Abkhazia | Victory | ||
861-868 | Capture Abkhazia Kartli | Victory | ||
914 | Sajid invasion of Georgia | Kingdom of Kakheti |
Sajid dynasty | The aggressor has not reached the goal |
915 | The campaign against Hereti | Kingdom of Kakheti |
Hereti | Indecisive |
930-969 | Abkhazian conquering Kakheti | Kingdom of Kakheti | Indecisive | |
976 | Kakheti seized Kartli | Tao-Klarjeti |
Kingdom of Kakheti | Victory |
979 | Asian revolt of Bardas Skleros | Victory | ||
987-990 | The revolt Bardas Phokas | Defeat | ||
996-998 | Companies David III of Tao against Muslims | Muslim emirs Caucasus Rawadid dynasty |
Victory | |
1001 | Annexation Byzantium Tao | Сoncession |
United Kingdom
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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1010 | Capture Bagrat III of Georgia Kakheti | Kingdom of Kakheti | Victory | |
1011-1012 | The war against the emirate of Ganja | Emirate of Ganja | Victory | |
1014 | Restoration of independence Kakheti | Kingdom of Kakheti | Defeat | |
1021 | The invasion of Armenia | Victory | ||
1015-1022 | Georgian campaigns of Basil II | Kingdom of Kakheti |
Defeat | |
1027-1032 | The invasion of Alans | Kingdom of Kakheti | Alans | Victory |
1028 | The invasion of Byzantium | The Byzantines abandoned plans | ||
1029 | The annexation of Kakheti | Kingdom of Kakheti | Victory | |
1037-1039 | Trying to capture Tbilisi Bagrat IV of Georgia | Emirate of Tbilisi | Indecisive | |
1039 | Restoration of independence Kakheti | Kingdom of Kakheti | Defeat | |
1033-1058 | The Civil War in Georgia | Vikings (Battle of Sasireti) |
Liparit IV, Duke of Kldekari (1039-1060) Kingdom of Kakheti Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget |
Bagrat IV was recognized as king |
1046 | Trying to capture Tbilisi Bagrat IV of Georgia | Emirate of Tbilisi | Indecisive | |
1048 | Battle of Kapetron | Great Seljuq Empire | Victory | |
1049 | Trying to capture Tbilisi Bagrat IV of Georgia | Emirate of Tbilisi | Indecisive | |
1062 | Trying to capture Tbilisi Bagrat IV of Georgia | Emirate of Tbilisi | Indecisive | |
1064 | Turkish Invasion | Great Seljuq Empire Kingdom of Kakheti Emirate of Tbilisi |
Indecisive | |
1067-1068 | Trying to capture Kakheti Bagrat IV of Georgia | Kingdom of Kakheti | Indecisive | |
1068 | Turkish Invasion | Great Seljuq Empire Kingdom of Kakheti Emirate of Tbilisi |
Defeat | |
1068 | Invasion Shaddadids | Shaddadids | Victory | |
1073-1074 | Rise of the feudal lords | The rebel princes | Victory | |
1074 | Battle of Partskhisi | Kingdom of Kakheti |
Great Seljuq Empire | Victory |
1074 | Annexation lower Tao | Victory | ||
1080 | Great Turkish Invasion | Kingdom of Kakheti |
Great Seljuq Empire | Defeat |
1093 | The suppression of the uprising Baghvashi | Duchy of Kldekari | Victory | |
1104 | David IV of Georgia destroyed Kingdom of Kakheti | Kingdom of Kakheti | Victory | |
1104 | Battle of Ertsukhi | Great Seljuq Empire | Victory | |
1110-1118 | The liberation of the occupied territories of Georgia by the Seljuks | Great Seljuq Empire | Victory | |
1120-1121 | The campaign against the Seljuks | Great Seljuq Empire | Victory | |
1121 | Battle of Didgori | Great Seljuq Empire Eldiguzids Emirate of Ganja Emirate of Tbilisi Shah-Armens Artuqids |
Victory | |
1122 | Siege of Tbilisi | Emirate of Tbilisi | Victory | |
1124 | Capture Eastern Armenia | Great Seljuq Empire | Victory | |
1123-1124 | Incorporation of Shirvan | Great Seljuq Empire | Victory | |
1139 | The capture of Ganja by the Demetrius I | Shaddadids of Ganja | Victory | |
1156 | subjugation of Ani | Shaddadids of Ani | Victory | |
1161 | Siege of Ani | Shah-Armens Saltukids Artuqids |
Victory | |
1163-1170s | Shams al-Din Eldiguz's invasion of Georgia | Great Seljuq Empire Eldiguzids Shah-Armens Saltukids Emirate of Maragha |
Indecisive | |
1167 | Taming Shirvan | Victory | ||
1173 | Siege of Derbent | Rus' people Alans Cumans |
Victory | |
1177 | Rise of Orbeli | Orbeli | Victory | |
1191 | Rebellion of Yury Bogolyubsky | Yury Bogolyubsky | Victory | |
1193 | Invasion of Yury Bogolyubsky | Yury Bogolyubsky | Victory | |
1195 | Battle of Shamkor | Eldiguzids | Victory | |
1202 | Battle of Basian | Sultanate of Rum Anatolian beyliks Eldiguzids Burids Ghurids |
Victory | |
1198-1209 | Campaigns against the Seljuqid states | Shaddadids Ahlatshahs Eldiguzids |
Victory | |
1204 | Intervention in Chaldia | Victory | ||
1208-1210 | Ayyubid–Georgian wars | Indecisive | ||
1210 | Expedition of Georgian army in Iran | Eldiguzids | Victory | |
1213 | Siege of Ganja | Atabeg of Ganja | Victory | |
1225-1231 | Khwarezmian invasion of Georgia |
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Defeat | |
1235-1236 | Mongol invasions of Georgia
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Defeat | |
1258 | Siege of Baghdad (1258) |
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Victory | |
1259 | Mongol conquest of Alamut | Victory | ||
1259-1262 | Punitive Expedition of Mongols | Indecisive | ||
1263-1265 | The expulsion of the Golden Horde from Shirvan | Victory | ||
1270 | Punitive Expedition against the Mongols in Western Georgia | Victory | ||
1282 | Siege of Trebizond (1282) | Indecisive | ||
1284 | Seized the throne Theodora of Trebizond in Trebizond | Victory | ||
1260-1323 | Mongol invasions of the Levant |
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Treaty of Aleppo | |
1278 | The revolt against the royal power in Racha | Duchy of Racha | Victory | |
1281 | Second Battle of Homs | Ilkhanate | Defeat | |
1288 | The conquest of the rebellious Derbent | Derbent | Victory | |
1295-1302 | The punitive expedition of the Mongols and the conflict of the Kings | Ossetians |
Compromise | |
1293-1327 | Smoot in West Georgia | Michael became king | ||
1302-1303 | Azat Mousa's invasion | Azat Mousa | Victory | |
1320 | The campaign against ossetians King George V of Georgia | Ossetians | Victory | |
1327 | King George V of Georgia expels the Mongols and restores the integrity of the Kingdom of Georgia |
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Ilkhanate | Victory |
1329 | King George V of Georgia takes control of western Georgia | Victory | ||
1334 | George V of Georgia confirms control over South Georgia | Victory | ||
1341 | Help Anna of Trebizond to seize power | Victory | ||
1362 | Svan uprising | Svans | Victory | |
1363 | Invasion Chobanids | Chobanids | Victory | |
1373 | Invasion Chobanids | Chobanids | Victory | |
1386-1403 | Timur's invasions of Georgia |
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Peace was concluded | |
1392 | Trying to George I of Imereti grab Megrelia | Kingdom of Imereti | Victory | |
1392 | Georgia annexed Imereti | Kingdom of Imereti | Victory | |
14th century | Vamek's invasion of Jiketi | Victory | ||
1401 | Trying to become an independent kingdom of Imereti | Kingdom of Imereti | Victory | |
1414 | Campaign against the Jaqeli Alexander I of Georgia | Victory | ||
1444 | Invasion of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Batumi | Victory | ||
1407-1502 | Turkmen invasions of Georgia | Indecisive | ||
1463-1493 | Civil war
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Fall of united Georgia |
Kingdoms and principalities
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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1509-1510 | Imereti invasion of Kartli | Indecisive | ||
1511-1513 | Kakheti invasion of Kartli | Victory | ||
1513 | Kartli invasion of Kakheti | Victory | ||
1518 | Div Sultan Rumlu invasion of Georgia | Defeat | ||
1518 | Kartli invasion of Kakheti | Peace Agreement | ||
1520 | Battle of Mokhisi | Victory | ||
1522 | Battle of Teleti | Defeat | ||
1524-1525 | Return Kartli King David | Victory | ||
1525 | Imereti invading Samtskhe | Victory | ||
1533 | Mamia's invasion of Jiketi | Defeat | ||
1535 | Battle of Murjakheti | Victory | ||
1541 | The Persian invasion | Defeat | ||
1543 | Battle of Karagak | Victory | ||
1545 | Battle of Sokhoista | Defeat | ||
1547 | Ottoman invasion of Guria | Defeat | ||
1545-1557 | Persian raids in East Georgia | Battle of Garisi | ||
1558 | Battle of Garisi | Pyrrhic victory | ||
1564 | Exemption Batumi | Victory | ||
1567 | Battle of Digomi | Defeat | ||
1569 | Battle of Samadlo | 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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Manuchar II Jaqeli |
Ottoman victory |
1543-1639 (intermittent) | Occupation and annexation by the Ottomans of the principality Samtskhe | 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 | Defeat | ||
1588 | Invasion of Kartli Imereti | Victory | ||
1589 | Gurian invasion of Imereti | King became Bagrat IV | ||
1590 | Invasion of Kartli Imereti | Victory | ||
1590 | War Kartli and Odishi due Imereti | King became Rostom | ||
1595-1599 | War Simon I of Kartli against Turkey | Defeat | ||
1605 | Safavid-sponsored coup | Constantine I (Constantine Khan) installed on the Kakhetian puppet throne | ||
1609 | Battle of Tashiskari | Victory | ||
1609 | Exemption Batumi | Victory | ||
1603-1618 | Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–18) | Victory | ||
1614 | The annexation of Batumi Ottomans | Defeat | ||
1614-1625 | The revolt against the Persians | Defeat | ||
1623 | The war against Odishi | Winning of Samegrelo | ||
1626 | Battle of Bazaleti | Giorgi Saakadze | Victory | |
1628 | Megrelo-Abkhaz war | Victory | ||
1633-1634 | Rostom takes control of Kartli | Victory | ||
1634 | Megrelo-Abkhaz war | Victory | ||
1641-1648 | Kartli-Kakheti war | Victory | ||
1657 | Imereti invasion Megrelia | Victory | ||
1659 | Kakheti uprising | Defeat | ||
1660 | Subordination of Kartli Kakheti | Victory | ||
1664 | Attempts to release Kakheti | Victory | ||
1660-1720 | Dynastic wars in Imereti | Compromise | ||
1688-1695 | Kartli-Kakheti war | Compromise | ||
1703 | Ottoman invasion of western Georgia | Defeat | ||
1709-1722 | Rise of the Afghans against the Persians |
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Afghans conquer Iran | |
1722-1724 | Kartli-Kakheti war | Lezgian Ganja Khanate Erivan Khanate |
Kakhetians expelled from Kartli | |
1723 | Capturing of port cities of Samegrelo by Ottomans | Defeat | ||
1722-1723 | Russo-Persian War (1722–23) | The planned aid from Russia did not come | ||
1724-1732 | Turkish occupation of East Georgia | Defeat | ||
1734 | Turkish march to Kakheti | Victory | ||
1735 | Submission of Eastern Georgia Nader Shah`s | Defeat | ||
1738-39 | Nader Shah's invasion of the Mughal Empire |
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Victory | |
1744 | The Turkish invasion of Kakheti | Victory | ||
1747 | Ganja invasion of Kakheti | 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 | Victory | ||
1757 | Battle of Khresili | Victory | ||
1758 | The Turkish invasion | Victory | ||
1770 | Battle of Aspindza | 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 | Defeat | ||
1795 | Battle of Krtsanisi | Defeat | ||
1800 | Invasion Omar Khan | Victory | ||
1801 | The annexation of East Georgia by Russia | Defeat | ||
1806-1812 | Russo-Turkish War (1806–12) | Wallachia |
Victory | |
1828-1829 | Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) |
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Victory | |
1810-1865 | Annexation of West Georgia by Russia | 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 | 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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Khanate of Kazi-Kumukh Dagestan free |
Caucasus annexed into Russia. |
1877-1878 | Caucasian campaign of the Russian-Turkish War (1877-1878) | 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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other Georgian guerrilla groups |
Defeat | |
1941-1945 | World War II | Victory | ||
1956 | Hungarian Revolution | Victory | ||
1968 | Invasion of Czechoslovakia | Victory | ||
1979-1989 | Soviet–Afghan War | Withdrawal |