ocr: A Russian protectorate from 1763, Georgia was absorbed into the Russian empire in 1801.1t was established as an independent state under a Menshevik socialist govemment in 1918. . 1879 Stalin bomn in Gori. . 1920 Recognized as an independent state by Soviet Russia. - 1921 Soviet Red Army invades. Etfectively part of USSR. - 1922 Incorporated into the Irans - caucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (TSFSR). - 1936 TSFSR dissolved. - 1978 Public protests at threat to replace Georgian with Russian as official language. - 1989 Fro-independence riots in Tbilisi put down by Soviet troops. - 19 ...
