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- presidial republic
- own name: Sakartvelo
- other name: Grusinia
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National, merchant and state flag,
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Flag of the Armed Forces,
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1762–1802,
National flag,
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Statesmen
1802–1918,
Georgien gehört zu Russland,
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1918,
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1918–1921,
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Georgian Socialist Soviet Republic
1921,
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Georgian Socialist Soviet Republic
1921–1937,
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Transcaucasian Socialist Soviet Republic
1922–1936,
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Georgian Socialist Soviet Republic
1937–1941,
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Georgian Socialist Soviet Republic
1941–1951,
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Georgian Socialist Soviet Republic
1951–1991,
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1991–2004,
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The today's flag of Georgia was introduced on 14th of January in 2004 in context with a change of government. It should better shows the christian history of the country, because cross-flags have a long tradition in Georgia. The today's variant with the five crosses should have been in use to the 15th century. When Georgia became independent from Russia in the year 1918 was introduced a single coloured dark red flag which additionally showed in the upper canton two horizontal stripes in black and white. The dark red stood for the glorious history of the land and the black for the hard times under the russian rule. The white represented the desire for a stable peace. The flag was created by Jacob Nicoladse. When the Red Army in 1921 occupied the country, was inroduced for the Georgian Socialistic Soviet Republic a red flag with golden Georgian initials, and itw as maintained in this form until the creation of the Trans Caucasian Federation under inclusion of Georgia in the year 1922. From 1922 to 1936 was in use the flag of the Federation, also a red flag. It was not dissimilar to the flag of Soviet Russia between 1918 and 1924. The star with hammer and sickle in it, was positioned in the leech of the flag, and in a semicircle around it the initials of the federation. After the end of the federation Georgia joined the USSR, and adoped a flag, how used by all Soviet Republics from 1937, red flags with golden initials. On 11th of April in 1951 was adoped a new flag. It was single coloured red, but however, somehow uncommon designed for soviet conditions, because it showed a blue sun in the upper canton and in its middle were placed hammer, sickle and star in red. Furthermore arised within the upper half of the flag a horizontal blue stripe, which should symbolize the cloudless and blue heaven of Georgia. On 18th of November in 1990 the flag from 1918 was reintroduced as national flag. The dark red was usually very different, from pale red over crimson to brown. In 2004, the today's model was adopted. The color red is defined with Pantone 186.
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Flags of the World
Coat of arms of Georgia,
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The today's coat of arms of Georgia was introduced on 1st of October in 2004. It goes back to the medieval coat of arms of the Georgian dynasty of the Bagratides. The greater coat shows shows a red shield with Saint George in the middle, which defeats a silver dragon with a silver spear. Saint George is Georgia's patron saint. Above the shield the Georgian-Iberian crown, supporters are two golden lions. Under the shield a banner with the national motto in Georgian: "dsala ertobashia", translated: "power by unity".
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Wikipedia (DE)
Aircraft Roundel,
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Location:
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Map of the country:
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Area: 26.911 square miles
Inhabitants: 3.730.000 (2015), thereof 83% Georgians, 6% Azerbaijans, 5% Armenians, 1,5% Russians, 1% Ossetians, and even 1.540 Germans
Religions: 84 % Georgian Orthodox Christian
Density of Population: 139 inh./sq.mi.
Capital: Tbilissi (Tiflis), 1.082.400 Ew. (2016)
official Language: Georgisch
other Languages: Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijanian
Currency: 1 Lari (GEL) = 100 Tetri
Time Zone: GMT + 4 h
Source: Wikipedia (DE)
8th cent. till 6th cent. B.C. · greek colonization on the coast
3rd cent. B.C. · state of Colchis
1st cent. B.C. · to the Roman Empire
4th cent. · christianization
395 · to the East Roman Empire
654 · Arabian conquest
1122 · liberation of Georgia by David II., foundation of the Kingdom of Georgia
1235 · Georgia gets conquered and devastated by Batu
1386 · Georgia gets conquered and devastated by Timur
15th cent. · disintegration of the Kingdom of Georgia
1546 · partially Ottoman conquered
1590 · partially Persian conquered
1761 · conquered by Russia
1763 · Russian protectorate
1801 · Russian province
1918 · independence
1921 · invasion of the soviet red army, Georgia becomes a part of the Soviet Union
1922 · incorporation into the Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialistic Republic
1936 · dissolution of the Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialistic Republic
1989 · riotings against the Soviet pover
1990 · independence
1991 · Adjara secedes from Georgia
1992 · wars of secession and secession of the states of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
2004 · Adjara rejoins Georgia
August 2008 · Georgia begins the "Olympic War" against Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Russia takes over the protection of both states, repulses the Georgian troops and recognizes both states as independent
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Atlas zur Geschichte,
World Statesmen,
Discovery '97
The name of the country is a medieval European falsification of the Persian name of the country: "Gurdchi". Also the Russian name of the country "Grusinia" goes back to it. In Polish the country is called "Gruzja". The Georgians themselves call their country "Sakartvelo".
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Handbuch der geographischen Namen
