Polity Principality of Svaneti

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Was a principality in the Caucasus that emerged during the fragmentation of the Kingdom of Georgia. It was under Russian suzerainty from 1833 and was later inglobated in the Russian state.

Establishment

  • January 1492: Gelovani established themselves as virtually independent princes when Georgia fragmented, in the 1460s (officially 1490/1491).

Chronology

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1. Ottoman invasion of western Georgia (1703)

Was a military expedition undertaken by the Ottoman Empire against its tributary states in western Georgia.

  • August 1703: In 1703, the Ottoman navy landed in Mingrelia, a territory in present-day Georgia.
  • October 1703: On 22 August, Ottoman Sultan Mustafa was forced to abdicate in a coup, which come to be known as the Edirne event. The new sultan, Ahmed III, refused to continue the war in Georgia and left the area.

2. Russo-Turkish War (1806-1812)

Was a war between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire.

2.1. Treaty of Bucharest

The Treaty of Bucharest between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, was signed on 28 May 1812 at the end of the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-12. The eastern half of the Principality of Moldavia was ceded by the Ottoman Empire to Russia.

  • July 1812: The Ottoman Empire regained Poti, Anapa and Akhalkalali. Russia retained Sukhum-Kale on the Abkhazian coast.

Disestablishment

  • January 1834: In the 1820s, the Principality of Svaneti effectively split into two as a result of a blood feud between the rival Dadeshkeliani branches. Through the mediation by the princes of Mingrelia, both branches accepted nominal Russian suzerainty in 1833.