Democratic Republic of Georgia: Georgian Socialist-Federalist Revolutionary Party Politicians, Treaties of the Democratic Republic of Georgia

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Georgian Socialist-Federalist Revolutionary Party politicians, Treaties of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, Red Army invasion of Georgia, German Caucasus Expedition, Sochi conflict, Noe Zhordania, Treaty of Moscow, Treaty of Poti, Giorgi Kvinitadze, Irakli Tsereteli, Government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in Exile, Georgian-Armenian War, Social Democratic Labour Party of Georgia, Evgen Gvaladze, Noe Khomeriki, Noe Ramishvili, Varlam Cherkezishvili, List of people associated with the Democratic Republic of Georgia, Grigol Lordkipanidze, Vlasa Mgeladze, Evgeni Gegechkori, Valiko Jugheli, Isidore Ramishvili, Grigol Uratadze, Grigol Giorgadze, Iosif Baratov. Excerpt: The Red Army invasion of Georgia also known as the Soviet-Georgian War or the Soviet invasion of Georgia (15 February - 17 March 1921) was a military campaign by the Soviet Russian (RSFSR) Red Army against the Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG) aimed at overthrowing the local Social-Democratic (Menshevik) government and installing the Bolshevik regime in the country. The conflict was a result of expansionist policy by the Soviets, who aimed at control of the same territories which had been part of Imperial Russia until the turbulent events of World War I, as well as the revolutionary efforts of mostly Russia-based Georgian Bolshevik elite, who did not enjoy sufficient support in their native country to seize power without foreign intervention. Independence of the DRG had been recognized by Russia in the 7 May 1920 treaty and the invasion of Georgia was not universally agreed upon in Moscow. It was largely engineered by two influential Georgia-born Soviet Russian officials - Joseph Stalin and Grigoriy (Sergo) Ordzhonikidze, who obtained, on 14 February 1921, a consent of the Soviet leader, Vladimir Lenin, to advance into Georgia on the pretext...