Georgia's agricultural productivity is based on the rich soils found in its river valley flood plains, and the foothills of Kolkhida Lowland, famous for tea and citrus cultivation. Its natural resources include forests, hydropower, manganese, iron ore, copper, and minor coal and oil deposits.
Georgia is located on the crossroad of Europe and Asia and represents the natural corridor between the two continents. Our country is the alternative to Iran and Russia transport corridor for transit of customer goods from West to Azerbaijan and Central Asia and energy transit to the Western countries. At the same time, Georgia is the North-South Bridge between Turkey and the Russian Federation.
Political context.
The Soviet Period. Georgia initially became part of the USSR, as one part of the Transcaucasian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, on December 31, 1922, following the Russian Civil War and the Ottoman Empire's collapse. From 1922, Georgia was completely integrated into the Soviet sphere. In 1936, the Transcaucasian federation was dissolved and, along with Armenia and Azerbaijan, Georgia became a Soviet Socialist Republic. Within Georgia, Moscow granted limited autonomy to the oblasts of Adjara (1921), Abkhazia (1931), and South Ossetia (1922). Independence. In the 1980s, Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of glasnost and perestroika led Abkhazians and Ossetians in Georgia to agitate for autonomy, especially after the Georgian Supreme Soviet established Georgian as the official state language in 1989. In April 1991 the Georgian Supreme Soviet declared the republic's independence from the USSR. In May 1991 Gamsakhurdia was elected as Georgia's first president. In August the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) collapsed, and the USSR dissolved in the December of that year.
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Political context.
The Soviet Period. Georgia initially became part of the USSR, as one part of the Transcaucasian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, on December 31, 1922, following the Russian Civil War and the Ottoman Empire's collapse. From 1922, Georgia was completely integrated into the Soviet sphere. In 1936, the Transcaucasian federation was dissolved and, along with Armenia and Azerbaijan, Georgia became a Soviet Socialist Republic. Within Georgia, Moscow granted limited autonomy to the oblasts of Adjara (1921), Abkhazia (1931), and South Ossetia (1922). Independence. In the 1980s, Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of glasnost and perestroika led Abkhazians and Ossetians in Georgia to agitate for autonomy, especially after the Georgian Supreme Soviet established Georgian as the official state language in 1989. In April 1991 the Georgian Supreme Soviet declared the republic's independence from the USSR. In May 1991 Gamsakhurdia was elected as Georgia's first president. In August the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) collapsed, and the USSR dissolved in the December of that year.
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