List of wars involving Georgia (country)

Template:Short description Template:History of Georgia (country) This is a list of military conflicts involving Georgia and its predecessor states. The list gives the name, the date, the combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

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Colchis and Iberia

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1112-845 BC	Assyrian Invasion of DiauehiTemplate:Sfn	Diauehi, Colchis	Assyrian Empire	Defeat • Battle of Tao 1112BC Template:Sfn • Capture of Artvin 845BC Template:Sfn
720s BC	Template:Ill	Colchis	Scythians Cimmerians	Defeat
284 BC	Macedonian Invasion of ColchisTemplate:Sfn	Colchis Iberia	Macedonian Empire	Victory Death of Azo of Iberia
65 BC	Pompey's campaign of Georgia	Template:Flagicon image Kingdom of Iberia Colchis	Roman Republic	Defeat Vassalization of Iberia Annexation of Colchis
35 AD	Iberian invasion of Armenia	Kingdom of Iberia Roman Empire	Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire	Victory Mithridates installed as king of Armenia
50-53	Iberian–Armenian War	Template:Flagicon image Kingdom of Iberia Roman Empire (35-50, 52-54)	Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire Roman Empire (50-51)	Inconclusive Iberia subjugates Armenia, but subsequently retreats under pressure from the Parthians.
58-63	Roman–Parthian War of 58–63	Roman Empire Sophene Lesser Armenia Template:Flagicon image Kingdom of Iberia Commagene Kingdom of Pontus	Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire	Defeat Treaty of Rhandeia Arsacids established on Armenian throne

Early Medieval fragmentation

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
482-522	Template:Ill	Template:Flagicon image Kingdom of Iberia	Template:Flagicon image Sassanid Empire Armenians	Defeat
526-532	Iberian War	Template:Flag Template:Flagicon image Kingdom of Iberia	Template:Flagicon image Sasanian Empire	Inconclusive Perpetual Peace (532) Sasanians retained Iberia Byzantines retained Lazica
541-562	Lazic War	Template:Flag Lazica (548-562)	Template:Flagicon image Sasanian Empire Lazica (541-548)	Inconclusive<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Fifty-Year Peace Treaty
556	Misimian revolt	Misimian & Chechen rebels	Template:Flag	Defeat
602-628	Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 Perso-Turkic war of 627–629	Template:Flagicon image Sasanian Empire Template:Flagicon image Sasanian Iberia	Template:Flag Western Turkic Khaganate Ghassanids	Defeat End of Sasanian Iberia
627-764	Template:Ill	Template:Flagicon image Principality of Iberia	Khazar Khaganate	Inconclusive
643-655	Template:Ill	Template:Flagicon image Principality of Iberia	Rashidun Caliphate	Defeat Beginning of the Arab rule in Georgia
729-730	Template:Ill	Template:Flagicon image Principality of Iberia Khazar Khaganate	Umayyad Caliphate	Victory
735-737	Umayyad invasion of Georgia	Template:Flagicon image Principality of Iberia Template:Flagicon image Kingdom of Abkhazia	Umayyad Caliphate	Defeat
840-842	Template:Ill	Emirate of Tbilisi Principality of Kakheti	Abbasid Caliphate Arminiya Principality of Tao	Victory
853	Template:Ill	Emirate of Tbilisi Template:Flagicon image Kingdom of Abkhazia Tsanars	Abbasid Caliphate Arminiya Principality of Tao Principality of Kakheti	Victory • Bugha the Turk withdraws from the Caucasus
881-891	Dynastic strife in Iberia	Adarnase IV of Iberia Template:Flagicon image Bagratid Armenia Bagrat I of Klarjeti	Nasra of Tao-Klarjeti Template:Flagicon image Kingdom of Abkhazia Alania Gurgen I of Tao	Establishment of the Kingdom of the Iberians under Adarnase IV of Iberia
914-923	Sajid invasion of Georgia	Template:Flagicon image Kingdom of the Iberians	Sajid dynasty	Defeat
976-979	Rebellion of Bardas Skleros	Template:Flag Template:Flagicon image Kingdom of the Iberians	Bardas Skleros	Victory
993-998	David III's campaigns against the Muslims	Template:Flagicon image Kingdom of the Iberians Template:Flagicon image Bagratid Armenia	Marwanids Rawadid dynasty	Victory
998	Mamlan I's campaign against David IIITemplate:Sfn	Template:Flagicon image Kingdom of the Iberians Principality of Tao Template:Flagicon image Bagratid Armenia	Rawadid dynasty	Victory

Kingdom of Georgia

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1014-1022	Byzantine–Georgian war (1014-1022)Template:Sfn	Template:Flag Template:Flagicon image Bagratid Armenia Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti	Template:Flag	Defeat Byzantine–Georgian treaty of 1022
1028	Template:Ill	Template:Flag	Template:Flag	Victory • Byzantine–Georgian treaty of 1031
1033-1058	Georgian civil war of 1033-1058	Template:Flag Varangians	Template:Flagicon Demetrius of Anacopia (1033-1042) Liparit IV of Kldekari (1039-1060) Template:Flag Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget	Bagrat IV was recognized as king
1064-1068	Alp Arslan's invasions of GeorgiaTemplate:Cn	Template:Flag	Seljuk Empire Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget Emirate of Tbilisi Shaddadids	Defeat
1064-1213	Georgian–Seljuk wars	Template:Flag Kipchaks Alania English mercenaries Frankish mercenaries	Seljuk Empire Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti Eldiguzids Emirate of Tbilisi Shaddadids Shah-ArmensTemplate:Sfn Artuqids Saltukids Shirvanshahs Sultanate of Rum	Victory Liberation of Tbilisi and most of the South Caucasus
1117-1124	Georgian conquest of Shirvan	Template:Flag	Seljuk Empire Shirvanshahs	Victory Conquest of Shirvan
1177-1178	Template:IllTemplate:Sfn	Template:Flagicon George III of Georgia	Template:Flagicon Demna of Georgia Orbelian dynasty Armenians	Victory of George III
1190-1193	Revolt of Yury Bogolyubsky	Template:Flag	Yury Bogolyubsky	Victory • Yury Bogolyubsky disappeared from history after. His town has not been found
1012–1199	Georgian–Shaddadid wars	Template:Flag	Shaddadids	Victory Fall of the Shaddadid dynasty
1204	Template:Ill	Template:Flag	Template:Flag	Victory Foundation of the Empire of Trebizond
1204-1210	Template:IllTemplate:Sfn	Template:Flag	Template:Flagicon image Ayyubid Empire	Inconclusive Thirty Years' Truce
1209-1211	Georgian campaign against the Eldiguzids	Template:Flag	Eldiguzids	Victory The Eldiguzids became vassals of Georgia
1212	Rebellion in Pkhovi and Didoya	Template:Flag Durdzuks	Pkhovi Didoya	Victory Rebellion suppressed
1225-1228	Khwarazmian–Georgian warsTemplate:Sfn	Template:Flag Vainakhs Alans	Khwarazmian Empire Kipchaks Persians Armenians	Defeat
1220-1236	Mongol invasions of Georgia	Template:Flagicon image Kingdom of Georgia	Mongol Empire Khwarazmian Empire (1220-1221)	Defeat
1241-1335	Mongol conquest of Anatolia	Mongol Empire Cilician Armenia Template:Flag Template:Flagicon Ilkhanate	Seljuk Sultanate of Rum Anatolian beyliks	Victory
1260-1264	Template:Ill	Template:Flagicon image Kingdom of Georgia Template:Flagicon image Principality of Samtskhe	Template:Flagicon Ilkhanate Georgian nobles	Defeat
1260-1323	Mongol invasions of the Levant	Template:Flagicon Ilkhanate Cilician Armenia Template:Flag Seljuk Sultanate of Rum Antioch-Tripoli Golden Horde (before 1264) Kingdom of Jerusalem Knights Templar Knights Hospitaller	Mamluk Sultanate Template:Flagicon image Ayyubid remnants Template:Flagicon image Nizari Ismailis of Syria Golden Horde (after 1264) Karamanid rebels Abbasid Caliphate	Defeat
1302-1303	Azat Mousa's invasion of Georgia	Template:Flag	Sultanate of Rum	Victory
14th century	Vameq's invasion of Jiketi<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:CnTemplate:Fv	Template:Flagicon image Duchy of Mingrelia	Kingdom of Zichia	Victory
1315-1345	George V Brilliant’s Campaign against the MongolsTemplate:Sfn	Template:Flag Duchy of Racha	Template:Flagicon Ilkhanate Duchy of Aragvi Chobanids Alans	Victory Mongolians Expelled from Georgia
1386-1403	Timurid invasions of Georgia	Template:Flag	Timurid Empire	Defeat Truce of Shamkor
1405	George's campaign against the TimuridsTemplate:Sfn	Template:Flag	Template:Flag	Victory George succeeded in expanding Georgia's borders temporarily to their former extent.Template:Sfn
1407-1502	Turkoman invasions of Georgia	Template:Flagicon image Kingdom of Georgia Shirvanshah Template:Flagicon image Safavid Empire (1502)	Qara Qoyunlu (1407-1468) Aq Qoyunlu (1468-1502)	Victory End of invasions against Georgia and consolidation of Safavids in Persia
1463-1490	Georgian Civil War (1463–1490)	Template:Flag Template:Flagicon image Duchy of Mingrelia	Kingdom of Imereti Template:Flag Template:Flagicon image Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Template:Flagicon image Principality of Svaneti Principality of Abkhazia	Defeat • Collapse of the Georgian realm

Kingdoms and principalities

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1508	Georgian campaign (1508)	Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Guria	Template:Flagicon image Ottoman Empire	Defeat
1533	Mamia's invasion of Jiketi<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:CnTemplate:Fv	Template:Flagicon image Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria	Kingdom of Zichia	Defeat The allies won the first battle, but the Circassians defeated the allies in the second battle
1547	Ottoman invasion of Guria	Principality of Guria	Template:Flagicon image Ottoman Empire	Defeat
1549-1551	Template:Ill	Template:Flagicon image Principality of Samtskhe	Template:Flagicon image Ottoman Empire	Defeat
1541-1566	Tahmasp I's Kakhetian and Kartlian campaigns	Template:Flag Kingdom of Kartli	Template:Flagicon Safavid Iran	Defeat
1578-1590	Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590) Lala Mustafa Pasha's Caucasian campaign	Template:Flagicon Safavid Iran Kingdom of Kartli (1578-1588) Template:Flag (1578) Template:Flag (1578, 1582–1587) Principality of Guria (1583-1587)	Template:Flagicon image Ottoman Empire Template:Flagicon Crimean Khanate Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Guria (1578-1583, after 1587) Template:Flagicon image Principality of Mingrelia Template:Flag (1578-1582) Shaybanids Template:FlagiconCircassia	Ottoman victory Treaty of Istanbul (1590)
1596–1597	Daryal war	Template:Flagicon image Kabardia (East Circassia)	Vainakh tribes Kingdom of Kartli	Defeat
1603-1612	Ottoman–Safavid war (1603–1612)	Template:Flagicon Safavid Iran Kingdom of Kartli Template:Flag	Template:Flagicon image Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of Nasuh Pasha
1614-1617	Abbas I's Kakhetian and Kartlian campaigns	Template:Flag Kingdom of Kartli	Template:Flagicon Safavid Iran	Defeat
1625-1627	Kartli-Kakheti Rebellion (1625-1627)Template:Cn	Kingdom of Kartli	Template:Flagicon Safavid Iran Armenians	Victory
1623-1658	Western Georgian civil war (1623–1658)	Kingdom of Imereti Salipartiano (from 1657)	Template:Flagicon image Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Principality of Abkhazia Kingdom of Kartli Template:Flag icon Safavid Iran	Imeretian victory Imereti restores hegemony over western Georgia
1659	Bakhtrioni uprising	Template:Flag Tushetians Khevsurs Pshavs	Template:Flagicon Safavid Iran Turcoman tribes	Victory 80,000 Turcomans & Persians killed or expelled from KakhetiTemplate:Sfn
1703	Ottoman invasion of western Georgia	Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Guria Template:Flagicon image Principality of Mingrelia	Template:Flagicon image Ottoman Empire	Victory
1722-1723	Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)	Template:Flag Ukrainian Cossacks Kingdom of Kartli	Template:Flagicon image Safavid Iran	Victory Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1723)
1730-1735	Ottoman–Persian War (1730–1735) Caucasus campaign of 1734–1735	Template:Flagicon Safavid Iran Template:Flag (from 1732) Kingdom of Kartli (from 1735)	man Empire	Victory Treaty of Constantinople (1736) Treaty of Ganja
1738-1739	Nader Shah's invasion of India<ref name="lang">David Marshall Lang. Russia and the Armenians of Transcaucasia, 1797–1889: a documentary record Columbia University Press, 1957 (digitalised March 2009, originally from the University of Michigan) p. 142.</ref><ref name="auto1">Valeri Silogava, Kakha Shengelia. "History of Georgia: From the Ancient Times Through the "Rose Revolution" Caucasus University Publishing House, 2007 Template:ISBN pp. 158, 278.</ref>	Afsharid Empire Template:Flag	Mughal Empire Hyderabad State Oudh	Victory
1768-1774	Russo-Turkish war (1768–1774)	Template:Flag File:Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti.svg Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti Kingdom of Imereti	Template:Flagicon image Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca
1796	Persian expedition of 1796	Template:Flag File:Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti.svg Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti	File:Flag of Agha Mohammad Khan.svg Qajar Iran	Russian withdrawal Tactical Russian victory Strategic Persian victory
1804	1804 Mtiuleti rebellion	Georgian and Ossetian rebels	Template:Flagicon Russian Empire	Defeat Decisive Russian army victory
1804-1813	Russo-Persian War (1804–1813)	Template:Flagicon Russian Empire Kartlians Kakhetians	Qajar Iran	Victory Treaty of Gulistan
1806-1812	Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)	Template:Flagicon Russian Empire Template:Flagicon image Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Template:Flagicon image Principality of Abkhazia (1810-1812) Wallachia	Template:Flagicon image Ottoman Empire Template:Flagicon Crimean Khanate Template:Flagicon image Principality of Abkhazia (1808-1810)	Victory Treaty of Bucharest (1812)
1812	Template:Ill	Kakhetians	Template:Flagicon Russian Empire	Defeat Decisive Russian army victory
1819-1820	Imereti rebellion	Kingdom of Imereti	Template:Flagicon Russian Empire	Defeat Decisive Russian army victory
1821-1830	Annexation of Ossetia	Template:Flagicon Russian Empire Georgians	Ossetians	Victory Russians and Georgians conquered Ossetia
1828-1829	Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)	Template:Flagicon Russian Empire Template:Flagicon image Kutaisi Governorate Template:Flagicon image Tiflis Governorate Template:Flagicon image Armenian Oblast Template:Flagicon image Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Template:Flagicon image Principality of Svaneti Template:Flagicon image Principality of Abkhazia Supported by: Template:Flagicon France Template:Flagicon United Kingdom	Template:Flagicon image Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of Adrianople (1829)
1841	Rebellion in Guria (1841)	Principality of Guria	Template:Flagicon Russian Empire	Defeat Decisive Russian army victory
1853-1856	The Caucasus front of the Crimean War	Template:Flagicon Russian Empire Template:Flagicon image Kutaisi Governorate Template:Flagicon image Tiflis Governorate Template:Flagicon image Erivan Governorate Template:Flagicon image Principality of Mingrelia Template:Flagicon image Principality of Abkhazia (1853-1855)	Template:Flagicon image Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Template:Flagicon image Principality of Abkhazia (1855-1856)	The victory at the front, but the defeat of Russia in the warTemplate:Cn
1856-1857	Mingrelia Uprising	Template:Flagicon image Principality of Mingrelia	Template:Flagicon Russian Empire, Mingrels	Defeat Decisive Russian army victory
1722-1864	Russo-Circassian War	Template:Flag File:Flag of the Kalmyk Khanate.svg Kalmyk Khanate Template:Flagicon image Principality of Mingrelia (1803–1864) Principality of Guria (1810–1829) Template:Flagicon image Principality of Svaneti (1810-1859)	Template:Flagicon image Circassian Confederation Kabardia (East Circassia) (until 1822) Template:Flagicon image Principality of Abkhazia	Victory Annexation of Circassia by the Russian Empire
1875-1876	Svaneti uprising of 1875–1876	Template:Flagicon image Principality of Svaneti	Template:Flagicon Russian Empire	Defeat Decisive Russian army victory
1817-1864	Caucasian War	Template:Flag Template:Flagicon image Kuban Cossacks Template:Flagicon image Shamkhalate of Tarki Principality of Guria (until 1829) Template:Flagicon image Principality of Svaneti (until 1859) Template:Flagicon image Principality of Mingrelia	Template:Flagicon image Circassian Confederation Template:Flagicon image Caucasian Imamate<bir>Template:Flagicon image Principality of Abkhazia	Victory Russian annexation of the North Caucasus
1877-1878	Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)	Template:Flagicon image Russian Empire Template:Flagicon image Kutaisi Governorate Template:Flagicon image Tiflis Governorate Template:Flagicon image Erivan Governorate Template:Flagicon image Dagestan Oblast Template:Flagicon image Terek Oblast Template:Flagicon image Baku Governorate Template:Flagicon image Kuban Oblast Template:Flagicon image Elisabethpol Governorate	Template:Flagicon image Ottoman Empire Trebizond Vilayet Erzurum Vilayet Bitlis Vilayet Van Vilayet Sivas Vilayet	Victory Treaty of San Stefano
1914-1918	World War I	Allied Powers Template:Flag Georgians within the Russian Empire Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry (from 1915) Template:Flagcountry (from 1916) Template:Flagcountry (from 1916) Template:Flagcountry (from 1917) Template:Flagcountry (from 1917) Template:Flagcountry (from 1917)	Central Powers Template:Flag Georgian Legion Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag (until 1916) Template:Flagcountry (from 1915) Template:Flagcountry (from 1915)	Allied victory Russia prematurely withdraws from war with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Georgian Democratic Republic

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1914-1918	Caucasus Campaign	Template:Flag (1914–17) Template:Flagicon image Kutaisi Governorate Template:Flagicon image Tiflis Governorate Template:Flagcountry (1918) Template:Flagicon Armenia (1918) Template:Flagicon image Central Caspian Dictatorship (1918) Template:Flag (1918) Template:Flagicon image Baku Commune (1918)	Template:Flag Trebizond Vilayet Erzurum Vilayet Bitlis Vilayet Van Vilayet Sivas Vilayet Template:Flagicon Azerbaijan (1918) Template:Flagicon image Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (1918) Template:Flag (1914–17) Template:Flag (1918) Template:Flag (1918)	Compromise
1918	Abkhazia conflict (1918)	Template:Flagicon image Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic Template:Flag Supported by: Template:Flag	File:Socialist red flag.svg Abkhaz Bolsheviks Supported by: Template:Flag File:Socialist red flag.svg Kuban-Black Sea Soviet Republic Abkhaz Muhajirs	Victory
1918-1919	Sochi conflict	Template:Flag	Template:Flag Template:Flagicon White movement	Inconclusive Gagra is transferred to Georgia The rest of Sochinsky okrug is transferred to Russia
1918	Armeno-Georgian War	Template:Flag	Template:Flagicon First Republic of Armenia Supported by: Template:Flagcountry	Inconclusive With the intervention of Great Britain, a truce was concluded between Armenia and Georgia.
1918-1920	Georgian–Ossetian conflict (1918–1920) First Ossetian uprisingTemplate:Sfn Second Ossetian uprising Third Ossetian uprisingTemplate:Sfn	Template:Flag	File:Socialist red flag.svg Ossetian Bolsheviks Supported by: Template:Flag	Victory All Ossetian uprisings were suppressed by Georgians
1921	Red Army invasion of Georgia	Template:Flag	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flagdeco Ankara Government	Defeat Establishment of the Georgian SSR
1921	Svaneti uprising of 1921	Template:Flagicon National Democrats of Georgia	Template:Flag Template:Flagicon image Red Army Template:Flagicon Georgian Revkom VOKhR	Defeat Uprising crushed
1921	Kakhet-Khevsureti rebellion	Template:Flagicon Committee for the Independence of Georgia	Template:Flag Template:Flagicon Georgian Revkom	Defeat Flight of Cholokashvili to Southern Chechnya
1924	August Uprising	Template:Flagicon Committee for the Independence of Georgia	Template:Flag, Template:Flagicon image Red Army Template:Flagicon image Cheka Template:Flag	Defeat Consolidation of Soviet rule in the Georgian SSR

Georgian SSR

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1941-1945	World War II	Allies Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Ill Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flagcountry Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flagcountry Template:Flag Template:Flagcountry	Axis Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagicon image Georgian Legion Template:Flagcountry File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg File:Flag of the Italian Social Republic.png Italy Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flag Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flag country	Allied victory
1945	Georgian uprising on Texel	Template:Flagicon Georgian Legion Template:Flagicon Dutch resistance	Template:Flagcountry	Victory the Georgians rose up and gained control of nearly the entire island
1979-1989	Soviet–Afghan War	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flagicon Afghanistan	Template:Flagicon image Afghan Mujahideen	Defeat

See also

• List of wars involving Russia
• List of wars involving Armenia
• List of wars involving Azerbaijan
• List of Georgian battles

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