page_title: Georgian Americans
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Georgian Americans / History
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: George Balanchine op Schiphol.
context_page_description: Georgian Americans are Americans of full or partial Georgian ancestry. They encompass ethnic Georgians who have immigrated to the U.S. from Georgia, as well as other areas with significant Georgian populations, such as Russia.
  The precise number of Americans of Georgian descent is unknown. This is because 19th and 20th century U.S. immigration records often did not differentiate between various ethnic groups originating from the Russian Empire, of which Georgia was part until 1918.
caption: George Balanchine, the "father of American ballet",[5] founder of the New York City Ballet
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