Portal:Georgia (country)/August
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![David the Builder fresco in Gelati](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Davit_Agmashenebeli.jpg/100px-Davit_Agmashenebeli.jpg)
- 6 August 1783 : Georgia became a protectorate of Russian Empire.
- 7 August 2008 : An intensive artillery shelling between Ossetian guerillas and Georgian military forces in Tskhinvali Region grew into a war involving Russia.
- 12 August 1121 : In the Battle of Didgori Georgian army led by King David the Builder (pictured) defeated Seljuqs.
- 25 August 1990 : Abkhazia declared itself independent from Georgia.
- 26 August 2002 : Parliament of Georgia voted for cancellation of CIS membership and withdrawal of Russian Army bases from its territory.
- 29 August 1932 : The first electric train crossed Surami Pass connecting eastern and western parts of the country.