THE IMPACT OF THE CRIMEAN QUESTION ON GEORGIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS (1783—1784)
Journal: Proceedings in Archaeology and History of Ancient and Medieval Black Sea Region
Year: 2025

This paper considers the reasons for drafting an additional article to the Treaty of Georgievsk, which concerns the issue of consecrating Georgian monarchs as kings. As it is evidenced from archive materials, in May-June 1783, King Erekle II of Kartl-Kakheti (Eastern Georgia) suspended the process of signing the Russian-Georgian agreement for almost a month and a half. He gave his consent to formalize the treaty at the end of June, although at the same time, he requested that the right of corona