GEORGIA FOR DUMMIES

Gamsakhurdia was shortly deposed inside a bloody coup d'état, from 22 December 1991 to six January 1992. The coup was instigated by Component of the Countrywide Guard and a paramilitary Firm known as "Mkhedrioni" ("horsemen"). The country then turned embroiled in the bitter civil war, which lasted till 1994. Simmering disputes inside two areas of