A report on Eduard Shevardnadze
Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat who governed Georgia for several non-consecutive periods from 1972 until his resignation in 2003 and also served as the final Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1985 to 1990.
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Georgia (country)
11 linksCountry located in the Caucasus, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, identifying itself as European.
Country located in the Caucasus, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, identifying itself as European.
Eduard Shevardnadze (Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1985 to 1991) returned to Georgia in 1992.
Zviad Gamsakhurdia
7 linksGeorgian politician, dissident, scholar, and writer who became the first democratically elected President of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
Georgian politician, dissident, scholar, and writer who became the first democratically elected President of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
In Georgia, the government of Eduard Shevardnadze (who was then First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party) arrested Gamsakhurdia and his fellow dissident Merab Kostava on 7 April 1977.
Mikhail Gorbachev
6 linksRussian and former Soviet politician.
Russian and former Soviet politician.
He promoted Gromyko to head of state, a largely ceremonial role with little influence, and moved his own ally, Eduard Shevardnadze, to Gromyko's former post in charge of foreign policy.
Rose Revolution
5 linksNonviolent change of power that occurred in Georgia in November 2003.
Nonviolent change of power that occurred in Georgia in November 2003.
The event was brought about by widespread protests over the disputed parliamentary elections and culminated in the resignation of President Eduard Shevardnadze, which marked the end of the Soviet era leadership in the country.
War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)
4 linksFought between Georgian government forces for the most part and Abkhaz separatist forces, Russian government armed forces and North Caucasian militants between 1992 and 1993.
Fought between Georgian government forces for the most part and Abkhaz separatist forces, Russian government armed forces and North Caucasian militants between 1992 and 1993.
The handling of this conflict was aggravated by the civil strife in Georgia proper (between the supporters of the ousted Georgian president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia – in office 1991–1992 – and the post-coup government headed by Eduard Shevardnadze) as well as by the Georgian–Ossetian conflict of 1989 onwards.
1991–1992 Georgian coup d'état
3 linksInternal military conflict that took place in the newly independent Republic of Georgia following the fall of the Soviet Union, from 22 December 1991 to 6 January 1992.
Internal military conflict that took place in the newly independent Republic of Georgia following the fall of the Soviet Union, from 22 December 1991 to 6 January 1992.
Following Gamsakhurdia's fall, a Military Council, led by Kitovani and Ioseliani, took power in Tbilisi and assured the return of Eduard Shevardnadze, the last Soviet Foreign Affairs Minister, to hand over power to him.
Tbilisi
6 linksCapital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million people.
Capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million people.
Even during the Shevardnadze Era (1993–2003), crime and corruption became rampant at most levels of society.
Mikheil Saakashvili
6 linksGeorgian and Ukrainian politician and jurist.
Georgian and Ukrainian politician and jurist.
Involved in Georgian politics since 1995, Saakashvili became president in January 2004 after President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned in the November 2003 bloodless "Rose Revolution" led by Saakashvili and his political allies, Nino Burjanadze and Zurab Zhvania.
Abkhazia
7 linksPartially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which views the region as an autonomous republic.
Partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which views the region as an autonomous republic.
Former Soviet foreign minister and architect of the disintegration of the USSR Eduard Shevardnadze became the country's head of state, inheriting a government dominated by hard-line Georgian nationalists.
South Ossetia
7 linksLandlocked and partially recognised state in the South Caucasus.
Landlocked and partially recognised state in the South Caucasus.
Afterwards, the Georgian military council, an interim government, was formed by a triumvirate of Jaba Ioseliani, Tengiz Kitovani and Tengiz Sigua, and, in March 1992, they invited Eduard Shevardnadze, a former Soviet minister, to come to Georgia to assume control of the Georgian State Council.