Everything started In the 19th century, modern Georgia was not an independent country as it is today. At that time, the region had been annexed by the Russian Empire. In 1801, the empire abolished the Georgian monarchy and deported members of the royal family, the Bagrationi dynasty, to different parts of the Russian Empire. The Bagrationi dynasty had ruled Georgian kingdoms for centuries, and this event marked the end of the Georgian monarchy in eastern Georgia. However, the
