Noe Noe Zhordania26 May 1918
Georgia declares independence
Georgia · Government / Government of Georgia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Georgia declares independence
Georgia becomes a member of Russias Commonwealth of Independent States; Russia, in return, backs Shevardnadze against the Abkhaz rebels
Saakashvili said he is counting on US help to facedown Moscow and reassert control over Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia
Leaders of Georgia and Ukraine called for an alliance that would champion democracy in the former Soviet lands
Georgia lawmakers vote unanimously for Russia to withdraw troops from soviet-era bases by Jan 1
President Bush, before a cheering crowd of tens of thousands of people, said that the former Soviet republic of Georgia is proving to the world that determined people can rise up and claim their freedom from oppressive rulers
Russia agreed to begin withdrawing its troops from two Soviet-era bases in Georgia this year, resolving one of the most serious disputes between Moscow and its pro-Western neighbor
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