Red Army invasion of Georgia

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The Red Army invasion of Georgia was a 1921 Soviet military campaign that overthrew the independent Democratic Republic of Georgia and incorporated the country into the Soviet Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military campaign
conflict
military invasion
alsoKnownAs Red Army invasion of Georgia
surface form: 1921 Soviet invasion of Georgia

Red Army invasion of Georgia
surface form: Soviet–Georgian War
belligerent Democratic Republic of Georgia
Red Army
capitalCaptured Tbilisi
cause Bolshevik objective to sovietize Georgia
strategic interest of Soviet Russia in the Caucasus
commandedBy Avel Yenukidze
Ordzhonikidze
surface form: Georgy Ordzhonikidze

Sergei Kirov
surface form: Sergey Kirov

Vladimir Gittis
conflict Democratic Republic of Georgia
Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
countryAfterEvent Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
countryBeforeEvent Democratic Republic of Georgia
dateOfCaptureOfTbilisi 1921-02-25
endDate 1921-03-17
followedBy creation of the Transcaucasian SFSR
formal incorporation of Georgia into the Soviet Union
historicalPeriod interwar period
involved 11th Red Army
Black Sea Fleet naval units
Transcaucasian Front
surface form: Caucasian Front of the Red Army
ledTo exile of Georgian political leadership
suppression of Georgian national institutions
location Georgia
South Caucasus
objective establishment of Soviet power in Georgia
overthrow of Menshevik-led Georgian government
opponent Georgian National Guard
surface form: Georgian Army

People's Guard of Georgia
opposedBy Government Chancellery of Georgia
surface form: Georgian government in Tbilisi

Noe Zhordania
partOf Russian Civil War
Soviet occupation of Tbilisi
surface form: Sovietization of the Caucasus
precededBy Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
surface form: Sovietization of Armenia

Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan in 1920
surface form: Sovietization of Azerbaijan
result Soviet victory
establishment of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
overthrow of the Democratic Republic of Georgia
significantEvent Battle of Tbilisi (1921)
landing of Soviet forces near Poti and Batumi
startDate 1921-02-11
supportedBy local Bolshevik forces in Georgia
target Democratic Republic of Georgia

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Democratic Republic of Georgia eventEnd Red Army invasion of Georgia
Merab Kostava opposedTo Red Army invasion of Georgia
this entity surface form: Soviet occupation of Georgia
Socialist Soviet Republic of Georgia establishedBy Red Army invasion of Georgia
Socialist Soviet Republic of Georgia incorporationProcess Red Army invasion of Georgia
this entity surface form: Sovietization of Georgia
Red Army invasion of Georgia alsoKnownAs Red Army invasion of Georgia
this entity surface form: Soviet–Georgian War
Red Army invasion of Georgia alsoKnownAs Red Army invasion of Georgia
this entity surface form: 1921 Soviet invasion of Georgia
Soviet occupation of Tbilisi partOf Red Army invasion of Georgia
Soviet occupation of Tbilisi partOf Red Army invasion of Georgia
this entity surface form: Sovietization of Georgia
Soviet occupation of Tbilisi hasCause Red Army invasion of Georgia
this entity surface form: Soviet–Georgian War
Soviet occupation of Tbilisi conflict Red Army invasion of Georgia
this entity surface form: Soviet–Georgian War
Georgian Social Democratic Party significantEvent Red Army invasion of Georgia
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Georgia
Georgian Social Democratic Party dissolvedAsResultOf Red Army invasion of Georgia
this entity surface form: Sovietization of Georgia
Soviet invasion and occupation alsoKnownAs Red Army invasion of Georgia
Soviet invasion and occupation alsoKnownAs Red Army invasion of Georgia
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Georgia (1921)
Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan in 1920 relatedTo Red Army invasion of Georgia
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Georgia
National Democratic Party of Georgia historicalContext Red Army invasion of Georgia
this entity surface form: Sovietization of Georgia
Government-in-exile of the Democratic Republic of Georgia hasCause Red Army invasion of Georgia
this entity surface form: Soviet occupation of Georgia
Government-in-exile of the Democratic Republic of Georgia significantEvent Red Army invasion of Georgia
this entity surface form: Sovietization of Georgia