Treaty of Georgievsk

The Treaty of Georgievsk was a bilateral treaty concluded on 24 July 1783 between the Russian Empire and the east Georgian kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti. It made eastern Georgia a protectorate of Russia, which guaranteed the kingdom's territorial integrity and the continued rule of its Bagrationi dynasty, in return for prerogatives over the conduct of Georgian foreign affairs. The promises proved hollow: when Georgian cities were attacked again Russia failed to intervene, which humiliated both Georgia and Russia's own reputation. To restore Russian prestige Catherine II, on the advice of Ivan Gudovich, belatedly declared war on Persia, but that campaign was short lived. In 1801 Russia effectively scrapped the treaty, in violation of its terms, by directly incorporating Georgian lands into the Russian Empire and deposing the Georgian monarchy.