The Russian-Georgian war. 100 years, 100 stories

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Cover Introduction 1. The Bolsheviks – in the minority 2. January 1920. Approaching danger 3. May 1920, the first war 4. The treaty of 7th May 5. Ossetian Bolshevik uprising in the Tskhinvali region 6. The danger in November-December, 1920 7. The refusal of the League of Nations 8. The Hecker Plan 9. Preparation and mistakes of the Georgian commanders 10. Preparation for the neutral zone and the gathering storm 11. Deployment of Georgian troops on the south-eastern front 12. The Russian command 13. The Georgian command – Odishelidze and Gedevanishvili 14. The Georgian command – Kvinitadze 15. A comparison of the size of opposing military forces 16. The lack of weapons 17. The army attire 18. The army funding 19. Why did Russia want to conquer Georgia? 20. The British position 21. The role of France 22. De jure recognition by Paris and preparations for war in Moscow 23. Hypocrisy of the Russian ambassador 24. Celebration of de jure recognition 25. The fire is lit 26. Lenin was getting nervous 27. “Confirmed! Take the city” 28. Front breakthrough 29. Battle of the Poilo bridge 30. The Shulaveri Committee 31. The appeal of Noe Zhordania 32. The call of Ivane Javakhishvili and the resolution of the Council of Professors 33. Horror in Tbilisi 34. Teachers’ duty 35. Children and war 36. Seeing the cadets off to the battlefield 37. Uprising in Armenia 38. Arrest of diplomats 39. The plan of the first attack on Tbilisi 40. Battle of Soghanlughi – A great victory of the Georgian army 41. Tbilisi in waiting for the result of the battle 42. Interview from the battlefield 43. Bringing captives to Tbilisi 44. Counter-attack on Tabakhmela 45. The victim of a “blind” bullet 46. The number of cadets 47. The cadets’ “Mumli Mukhasao” 48. The courage of the unter-officers 49. Maro Makashvili 50. Shalva Makashvili 51. Battles in the left sector of the defence 52. Galaktion to the defenders of Tbilisi 53. The last happy day 54. Declaring people as traitors 55. “Occupant” Georgians 56. Heroism and robbery 57. A letter in the pocket of a Russian soldier 58. The victory of Georgians and the fear of Russians 59. An attempt to negotiate 60. The loss of Artvin and Artaan 61. A Georgian samurai 62. Negligence 63. Plan of the attack, February 24 64. The tragic fate of Givi Ghambashidze 65. Horse thieves 66. A cadet’s premonition which really came to pass 67. The heroism of Shalva Eristavi 68. Tanks in the battle for Tbilisi 69. The February 24 dilemma 70. Russian bells 71. The surrender of Tbilisi and a reception in Paris 72. Mamia Orakhelashvili’s emotions at the time 73. The power of Russian propaganda 74. A great journey of Georgian tanks 75. The first orders of the Revcom 76. The advice of the newspaper “Communist” 77. Battles in Kakheti 78. An eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth? 79. “A fight” in Mtskheta 80. Nikita Khrushchev – an occupier 81. The Red Army at the passes of Georgia 82. The last great battle 83. Two unnamed heroes whose identities have not reached us 84. The brutal scene of the war 85. Let’s take Tbilisi from the village of Boslevi 86. Intention to commit suicide 87. Shooting the deserters 88. Battles in the Khevi 89. The Abkhazian front 90. The assistance of the French navy 91. The war on film 92. The contribution of Georgians living in Moscow 93. Liberation – in accordance with international rules 94. Down with the corn republic! 95. The armoured trains fought to the end 96. Cossacks in the Georgian army 97. Kutaisi negotiations 98. Fight for Batumi 99. Akaki Vasadze, a fighter against the Turks 100. The end Contents