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Annexation by the Russian Empire

The kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti is abolished and incorporated into Russia; Imereti follows in 1810.

1801

In 1801, by the manifestos of Paul I and Alexander I, the kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti was abolished and annexed to the Russian Empire.

The Bagrationi dynasty lost its throne, contrary to the Treaty of Georgievsk; eastern Georgia was followed by the western Georgian lands.

Thus Georgian statehood was interrupted for more than a century; the country became part of the empire but kept its language, church and dream of independence.

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