Soviet invasion and occupation

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The Soviet invasion and occupation was the 1921 military campaign by Bolshevik Russia that overthrew the short-lived independent Democratic Republic of Georgia and incorporated it into the Soviet Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
military invasion
occupation
aim to establish a Soviet regime in Georgia
to overthrow the independent Georgian government
alsoKnownAs Red Army invasion of Georgia
Red Army invasion of Georgia
surface form: Soviet invasion of Georgia (1921)
belligerent Democratic Republic of Georgia
Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
consequence creation of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
end of Georgian independence (1918–1921)
integration of Georgia into the Transcaucasian SFSR
integration of Georgia into the USSR
countryInvaded Democratic Republic of Georgia
endDate 1921-03-18
followedBy Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
hasPart Red Army invasion of Georgia
historicalSignificance contributed to the formation of the USSR’s southern border
marked the end of the first modern Georgian republic
ideologyOfInvaders Bolshevism
communism
invadingPower Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Soviet Union
surface form: Soviet Russia
ledBy Soviet military officers
surface form: Red Army commanders
location Caucasus
Georgia
opponent Democratic Republic of Georgia
Georgian National Guard
surface form: Georgian army

Government of Georgia
surface form: Georgian government
partOf Sovietization of the Caucasus
politicalContext Bolshevik expansion in the Caucasus
Russian Civil War
precededBy existence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia
regionAffected South Caucasus
relatedEvent North Caucasus Front of the Russian Civil War
surface form: Russian Civil War in the Caucasus

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 Soviet rule in Georgia
incorporation of Georgia into the Soviet Union
overthrow of the Democratic Republic of Georgia
startDate 1921-02-15
targetGovernment Government-in-exile of the Democratic Republic of Georgia
surface form: Menshevik-led government of Georgia
targetGovernmentType democratic republic
timePeriod February–March 1921

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Democratic Republic of Georgia reasonForEnd Soviet invasion and occupation