1804 Mtiuleti rebellion

Mtiuleti rebellion Mtiuleti, Georgia, Russian Empire 1804 Decisive Russian army victory Georgian and Ossetian rebels Russia Imperial Russian Army 4,000 Unknown Hundreds of killed civilians The 1804 Mtiuleti rebellion (1804 მთიულეთის აჯანყება tr) was a conflict in Mtiuleti region of the former Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti (eastern Georgia), at that time part of the Georgia Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was the first major Georgian rebellion directed against the Russian administration.Rayfield 2012 263 Background In 1801, the Russians capitalized on the moment, and annexed the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti. The entity was then reduced to the status of a Russian region (Georgia Governorate). Though the Russian administration brought some peace, Kartli-Kakheti remained troubled.Suny 1994 68-70Rayfield 2012 263-264 Rebellion It broke out at a vulnerable spot, to the west of the Darial Pass.Rayfield 2012 263 A number of local Ossetians had complained about the grain and meat demands of Cossacks stationed in the area.Rayfield 2012 263 They were thrown into a pit.Rayfield 2012 263 The Cossacks then proceeded to punish more locals; peasants were put to forced labour, two men were killed by whip lashing, women were mistreated, and cattle was worked to death.Rayfield 2012 263 The people of the Aragvi valley then attacked the troops of Dmitri Mikhailovich Volkonsky ru Волконский, Дмитрий Михайлович, killing several of them.Rayfield 2012 263 They then proceeded to occupy several of the forts on the nearby main road.Rayfield 2012 263 In the summer of 1804, 4,000 Georgian and Ossetian rebels requested Prince Parnaoz to lead them.Rayfield 2012 263 On 3 August 1804, the rebels and Russian forces clashed at Lomisi; the Russian forces reportedly only escaped defeat due to the "timidity" of the Kakhetian nobles and the return of Russian General Pavel Tsitsianov, who had just unsuccessfully besieged Erivan.Rayfield 2012 263 The rebellion was eventually crushed; hundreds of highlanders were bayoneted or imprisoned.Rayfield 2012 263 It would take eight years before more anti-Russian violence erupted.Rayfield 2012 263Suny 1994 70 A part of the Georgian nobles participated in the 1804 Mtiuleti rebellion.Suny 1994 70 References 2 Sources Rayfield Donald Donald Rayfield Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia 2012 Reaktion Books 978-1780230702 Suny Ronald Grigor Ronald Grigor Suny The Making of the Georgian Nation 1994 Indiana University Press 978-0253209153 Mtiuleti Category:1804 conflicts Category:19th century in Georgia (country) Category:19th-century rebellions Category:Rebellions against the Russian Empire Category:Uprisings of Georgia (country) Category:1804 in the Russian Empire