 the treaty of georgievsk (, georgievskiy traktat; , georgievskis trak'tati) was a bilateral treaty concluded between the russian empire and the east georgian kingdom of kartli-kakheti on july 24, 1783. the treaty established georgia as a protectorate of russia, which guaranteed georgia's territorial integrity and the continuation of its reigning bagrationi dynasty in return for prerogatives in the conduct of georgian foreign affairs.anchabadze, george, ph.d. history of georgia. georgia in the beginning of feudal decomposition. (xviii cen.). retrieved 5 april 2012. by this, georgia abjured any form of dependence on persia (who had been the suzerains of most of georgia for centuries) or another power, and every new georgian monarch would require the confirmation and investiture of the russian tsar. ==terms== under articles i, ii, iv, vi and vii of the treatyâs terms, russiaâs empress became the official and sole suzerain of kartli-kakhetiâs rulers, guaranteeing the georgiansâ internal sovereignty and territorial integrity, and promising to "regard their enemies as her enemies" treaty of georgievsk, 1783. psrz, vol. 22 (1830), pp. 1013-1017. translated from the russian by russell e. martin, ph.d., westminster college. each of the georgian kingdomâs tsars would henceforth be obliged to swear allegiance to russiaâs emperors, to support russia in war, and to have no diplomatic communications with other nations without russiaâs prior consent. given georgiaâs history of invasions from the south, an alliance with russia may have been seen as the only way to discourage or resist persian and ottoman aggression, while also establishing a link to western europe. in the past, georgiaâs kings had not only accepted formal domination by turkish and persian emperors, but had occasionally converted to islam and sojourned at their capitals. thus it was neither a break with georgian tradition nor a unique capitulation of independence for kartli-kakheti to trade vassalage for peace with a powerful n
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