THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO GEORGIA

Gamsakhurdia was shortly deposed in the bloody coup d'état, from 22 December 1991 to 6 January 1992. The coup was instigated by Portion of the Countrywide Guard and also a paramilitary Corporation named "Mkhedrioni" ("horsemen"). The state then turned embroiled in a very bitter civil war, which lasted until 1994. Simmering disputes within two loca