Georgian–Armenian War 1918

Georgian–Armenian War 1918

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Georgian-Armenian War 1918
partof=Aftermath of World War I


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date=December 7-December 31 1918
place=Eastern Armenia/Eastern Georgia
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result=Mutual administration at district of Lori.
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combatant2=
commander1=Drastamat Kanayan
commander2=Giorgi Mazniashvili
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Georgian-Armenian War was a border war fought in 1918 between the Democratic Republic of Georgia and the Democratic Republic of Armenia over the parts of then disputed provinces of Lori, Javakheti, and Borchalo district, which had been historically bicultural Armenian-Georgian territories, but were largely populated by Armenians in the 19th century.

By the end of World War I some of these territories were occupied by the Ottomans. When they abandoned the region, both Georgians and Armenians claimed control. The dispute degenerated into armed clashes on December 7, 1918. The hostilities continued with varying success until December 31 when the British brokered ceasefire was signed, leaving the disputed part of Borchalo district under the joint Georgian-Armenian administration which lasted until the establishment of the Soviet rule in Armenia in 1920.

Background

During the final stages of World War I, the Armenians and Georgians had been defending against the advance of the Ottoman Empire. In June 1918, in order to forestall an Ottoman advance on Tiflis, the Georgian troops had occupied (temporarily allegedly) the Lori Province which at the time had a 75% Armenian majority. After the Armistice of Mudros and the withdrawal of the Ottomans, the Georgian forces remained. Georgian Menshevik parlementarian Irakli Tsereteli offered that the Armenians would be safer from the Turks as Georgian citizens. The Georgians offered a quadripartite conference including Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus in order to resolve the issue which the Armenians rejected. In December 1918, the Georgians were confronting a rebellion chiefly in the village of Uzunlar in the Lori region. Within days, hostilities commenced between the two republics.Armenian the Survival of a Nation, Christopher Walker pg 267-268]

Active Stage

On December 5, 1918 the Armenians sent troops to take over the Borchalo and Akhalkalaki districts. The first military clashes occurred on December 9. Three days later, the Armenians scored a victory in the village of Sanahin in the Lori district and took over the village. Their advance in the Tiflis direction was eventually halted and Georgians mounted a counteroffensive, winning a battle at Shulaveri on December 29. [ [http://www.conflicts.rem33.com/images/Georgia/Lang_9a.htm INDEPENDENT GEORGIA (1918-1921] , David Marshall Lang] The hostilities ended at the village of Sadakhlo on the night of December 31, when the parties agreed to a British-brokered ceasefire. [http://www.conflicts.rem33.com/images/Armenia/disp.htm ARMENIA/KARABAKH: 1918 - 1920, Andrew Anderson] ]

Aftermath

Both parties signed a peace agreement in January 1919 brokered by the British. The Armenian government officially dropped their claims over Ardahan and Akhalkalaki districts, while Georgia agreed to the mutual governance over Lori canton of Borchalo district. The agreement left both parties dissatisfied and there was mutual distrust going forward and severe transportation problems between the two republics. The war also proved costly for both countries politically. Both countries had suffered together under Ottoman rule yet had turned on each other during independence from the Ottomans while the rest of the world was healing its wounds from World War I.

ee also

*Democratic Republic of Armenia
*Democratic Republic of Georgia

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