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    May 7, 1920: Georgia and Russia Sign a Treaty Recognizing Georgia’s Independence – February 25, 1921: Soviet Russia Invades and Occupies Georgia
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    May 7, 1920: Georgia and Russia Sign a Treaty Recognizing Georgia’s Independence – February 25, 1921: Soviet Russia Invades and Occupies Georgia


    The agreement included 16 chapters and 2 secret clauses. The key chapters were as follows:

    • Russia unconditionally recognizes Georgia’s freedom and independence and voluntarily renounces all sovereign rights it previously held over Georgia and its territory.

    • Russia agrees not to interfere in Georgia’s internal affairs.

    • Border issues are settled in Georgia’s favor. Specifically, Russia recognizes that the entire Batumi region is part of the Republic of Georgia.

    • Both Georgia and Russia promise to maintain strict neutrality toward each other and not allow any groups or forces on their territories that aim to overthrow the government of either republic by force. If such groups appear, they must be disarmed and placed in designated areas.

    The secret clause arranged the legalization of communist parties and activities including their propaganda and agitation, exempting such activities from prosecution. Anyone detained for such activities was to be released.

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    1. GRed-saintevil on

      [The document ](https://soviethistory.msu.edu/1921-2/transcaucasia/transcaucasia-texts/georgian-independence/)

      For more details and context:

      [Civil – Georgia’s Phantom Treaty](https://civil.ge/archives/350291)

      [Radio Freedom – May 7: Recognition before the Conquest](https://www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/31240484.html)

      [Archil Chachkhiani – 1920, “We Face a Fatal Threat…”](https://gfsis.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/1920-We-Face-a-Fatal-Threat.pdf)

    2. Huge-Turgid-Member on

      The Russian state was always duplicitous. Look at how they treated Imre Nagy in 1956. They tricked him into surrendering promising him this and that.

    3. GRed-saintevil on

      > On May 7, we signed the treaty. We never believed in the Bolsheviks’ sincerity; we knew their nature well and understood that they could not be trusted. However, it was hard to imagine that they would break the agreement so cynically—and in such a short time.

      Negotiator of the treaty, Sergi Uratadze

    7. oNN1-mush1 on

      Сношения with Russia are dangerous. She transmits a lot of diseases that are hard to treat for decades

    11. pipeuptopipedown on

      I went to the Museum of Soviet Occupation in the National Museum. It tells this story in documents, text, photographs and artifacts. It was especially moving considering the same fight is still going on today, right outside.