Passage: The Red Army invasion of Georgia , also known as the Soviet-Georgian War or the Soviet invasion of Georgia, was a military campaign by the Soviet Russian  Red Army aimed at overthrowing the Social-Democratic  government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia  and installing a Bolshevik regime in the country. The conflict was a result of expansionist policy by the Soviets, who aimed to control as much as possible of the lands which had been part of the former Russian Empire until the turbulent events of the First World War, as well as the revolutionary efforts of mostly Russian-based Georgian Bolsheviks, who did not have sufficient support in their native country to seize power without external intervention. The independence of Georgia had been recognized by Soviet Russia in the Treaty of Moscow, signed on 7 May 1920, and the subsequent invasion of the country was not universally agreed upon in Moscow. It was largely engineered by two influential Georgian-born Soviet Russian officials, Joseph Stalin and Sergo Ordzhonikidze, who on 14 February 1921 got the consent of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin to advance into Georgia, on the pretext of supporting  "peasants and workers rebellion" in the country. Soviet forces took the Georgian capital Tbilisi  after heavy fighting and declared the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic on 25 February 1921. The rest of the country was overrun within three weeks, but it was not until September 1924 that Soviet rule was firmly established. Almost simultaneous occupation of a large portion of southwest Georgia by Turkey  threatened to develop into a crisis between Moscow and Ankara, and led to significant territorial concessions by the Soviets to the Turkish National Government in the Treaty of Kars.
After being recognized as independent Georgia was taken over on what date? How many months after the Treaty of Moscow was signed did Vladimir Lenin give consent to advance into Georgia? How many months did it take for Soviet rule to be firmly established after the declaration of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic? How many weeks did it take the Russians to overtake Georgia? How many years after Soviet forces declared the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic did the Soviet rule become firmly established? How many years after the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic was declared was Soviet rule firmly established? How many years did it take for the Soviets to firmly establish control of Georgia after the initial invasion? The Soviet-Georgian War is also known as? The soviets gave concessions to this country in the Treaty of Kars? What are two other names for the Soviet-Georgian War? Which came first, the Treaty of Moscow or the Treaty of Kars? Which countries were involved in the occupation of a large portion of southwest Georgia? Which event was a military campaign by the Soviet Russian Red Army aimed at overthrowing the Social-Democratic government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia and installing a Bolshevik regime in the country? Who was responsible for the takeover of Georgia?