The “Lonely Planet” travel guide is enthusiastic about the Republic of Georgia and its almost four million residents: “[It] is one of the most beautiful countries on earth… Equally special are its proud, high-spirited, cultured people.”
Inhabiting the crossroads of western Asia and eastern Europe, Georgians have lived a complex and often painful history. From 1801, they were under the Russian tsars, and after 1922 it was the Soviet empire. Full independence was restored with admirable determination in 1991.
Around the same time, the province of South Ossetia seceded from Georgia. In 1992–1993, a war was fought by Georgia with the Abkhazians, …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
