Georgian Civil War
1991–1993 ethnic civil war in Georgia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Georgian Civil War lasted from 1991 to 1993 in the South Caucasian country of Georgia. It consisted of inter-ethnic and international conflicts in the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, as well as the violent military coup d'état against the first democratically-elected President of Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, and his subsequent uprising in an attempt to regain power.
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Georgian Civil War | ||||||||
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Part of Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Post-Soviet conflicts, Abkhaz-Georgian conflict and Georgian-Ossetian conflict | ||||||||
Location of Georgia (including Abkhazia and South Ossetia) and the Russian part of North Caucasus | ||||||||
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Belligerents | ||||||||
Government of Georgia (until 6 January 1992) Zviad Gamsakhurdia's government in exile (since 6 January 1992)
Zviadists |
Military Council (until March 1992) Supported by: Russia (since October 1993) |
South Ossetian separatists (1991-1992) Supported by: Russia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
Zviad Gamsakhurdia † Loti Kobalia Zurab Iremadze Akaki Eliava |
Eduard Shevardnadze Tengiz Sigua Jaba Ioseliani Tengiz Kitovani Shota Kviraia Giorgi Karkarashvili Boris Yeltsin Eduard Baltin |
Lyudvig Chibirov Vladislav Ardzinba Musa Shanibov Shamil Basayev |
While the Gamsakhurdia-led rebellion was eventually defeated by the Eduard Shevardnadze-led government, the South Ossetia and Abkhazia conflicts resulted in the de facto secession of both regions from Georgia. As a result, both conflicts have lingered on, with occasional flare-ups.