Georgian–Azerbaijani border conflicts

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The Georgian–Azerbaijani border conflicts were a series of armed clashes and territorial disputes between newly independent Georgia and Azerbaijan in the aftermath of World War I, primarily over control of ethnically mixed border regions such as Zaqatala and parts of Borchali.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf border conflict
territorial dispute
affectedRegion Borchali
Tiflis Governorate borderlands
Zakatala
surface form: Zaqatala
background dissolution of the Russian Empire in 1917
emergence of independent republics in the South Caucasus
conflictBetween Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Democratic Republic of Georgia
countryInvolved Azerbaijan
Georgia
disputedArea Borchali region
Zakatala region
surface form: Zaqatala region

ethnically mixed border districts between Georgia and Azerbaijan
parts of Borchali uezd
endTime 1920
followedBy Soviet–era border delimitation between Georgian SSR and Azerbaijan SSR
governedBy Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Democratic Republic of Georgia
historicalPeriod aftermath of World War I
interwar period
involvesEthnicGroup Armenians
Azerbaijanis
Georgians
Lezgins
languageOfSources Azerbaijani language
surface form: Azerbaijani

English
Georgian
Russian
locatedIn Caucasus
South Caucasus
mainCause disagreement over state borders after the collapse of the Russian Empire
territorial disputes over ethnically mixed regions
partOf post–World War I conflicts in the Caucasus
precededBy Russian Empire in the Caucasus
surface form: Russian imperial administration of the Caucasus
relatedTo Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
surface form: Armenian–Azerbaijani war

Caucasus Front of World War I
surface form: Caucasus Campaign of World War I

Sochi conflict between Georgia and Russia
result Soviet arbitration of border issues after Sovietization of both republics
temporary demarcation of the Georgian–Azerbaijani border
startTime 1918
status historical
typeOfConflict interstate conflict
low-intensity armed clashes

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Azerbaijan Democratic Republic majorConflict Georgian–Azerbaijani border conflicts