What is the capital of the former Russian state of Georgia?
Russian conquest of the Caucasus and bloodily captured the capital of Talysh. In 1813 Persia signed the Treaty of Gulistan which recognized the Russian possession of the khanates. Internally, Imereti, Guria and Abkhazia were annexed or brought under more complete control, thereby completing the second phase of the unification of Georgia. A rebellion in eastern Georgia was put down. In 1811 the Russians were defeated in Quba and stormed the capital of the Kureen khanate. In 1812 the Ossets were driven back from Tiflis and a Dagestani army under Prince Alexander was defeated.. In 1813 Simonovich went deep into the mountains and took Shatili, the
Georgia within the Russian Empire Georgia within the Russian Empire The country of Georgia became part of the Russian Empire in the 19th century. Throughout the early modern period, the Muslim Ottoman and Persian empires had fought over various fragmented Georgian kingdoms and principalities; by the 18th century, Russia emerged as the new imperial power in the region. Since Russia was an Orthodox Christian state like Georgia, the Georgians increasingly sought Russian help. In 1783, Heraclius II of the eastern Georgian kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti forged an alliance with the Russian Empire, whereby the kingdom became a Russian protectorate and abjured any dependence on its suzerain