Georgia · Government / Government of Georgia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Separatists in the northwestern province of Abkhazia take over control by war, war between Abkhaz forces and Georgians kills 10,000 and leaves the Black Sea region as a de facto independent but unrecognized state. Georgia becomes a member of Russias Commonwealth of Independent States; Russia, in return, backs Shevardnadze against the Abkhaz rebels
Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia and sets up its own Government, no other country gives recognition
Saakashvili said he is counting on US help to facedown Moscow and reassert control over Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia
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