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 | | The Treaty of Georgievsk (Russian: ГеоÑгиевÑкий ÑÑакÑаÑ, Georgian: á’á”áá á’áá”á•á¡ááá¡ á¢á áá¥á¢áá¢á) established the east Georgian kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti as a protectorate under suzerainty of the Russian Empire, and defined the mutual rights and obligations of the two countries toward each other in 1783. |
 | | Under articles I, II, IV, VI and VII of the treaty's terms, Russia's empress became the official and sole suzerain of Kartli-Kakheti's rulers, guaranteeing the Georgians' internal sovereignty and territorial integrity, and promising to "regard their enemies as Her enemies" [2]. |
 | | The treaty was negotiated on behalf of Russia by Lieutenant-General Pavel Potemkin, commander of Russia's troops in Astrakhan, a delegate and cousin of General Prince Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin, who was the official Russian plenipotentiary. |
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