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== International recognition ==
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[[File:Democratic Republic of Georgia 1919-1921.png|thumb|Map of the borders of the territory that was proposed by the Georgian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 for inclusion in the Democratic Republic of Georgia, as well as the territories that after 1921 were part of neighboring states.]]▼
Under the terms of the [[Treaty of Moscow (1920)|Moscow Peace Treaty]] of May 7, Georgian independence was recognized by [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Soviet Russia]] in return for the legalization of Bolshevik organizations and a commitment not to allow foreign troops on Georgian soil.<ref>{{harvnb|Kazemzadeh|1951|p=210}}</ref>
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== Political geography ==
[[File:DRG 1918-1921-en.png|thumb|Map of changes in the territory of the Georgian Democratic Republic in 1918-1921.]]
Georgia's 1918–1921 borders were formed through the border conflicts with its neighbors and ensuing treaties and conventions.
In the north, Georgia was bordered by various [[Russian Civil War]] polities until Bolshevik power was established in the [[North Caucasus]] in the spring of 1920. The international border between Soviet Russia and Georgia was regulated by the 1920 Moscow Treaty. During the [[Sochi conflict]] with the Russian [[White movement]], Georgia briefly controlled the [[Sochi]] district in 1918.
▲[[File:Democratic Republic of Georgia 1919-1921.png|thumb|Map of the borders of the territory that was proposed by the Georgian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 for inclusion in the Democratic Republic of Georgia, as well as the territories that after 1921 were part of neighboring states.]]
In the southwest, the DRG's border with the [[Ottoman Empire]] changed with the course of [[World War I]] and was modified after the Ottoman defeat in the hostilities. Georgia regained control over Artvin, Ardahan, part of Batum province, Akhaltsikhe and Akhalkalaki. Batum was finally incorporated into the republic after the British evacuated the area in 1920. The [[Treaty of Sèvres]] of 1920 granted Georgia control over eastern [[Lazistan Sanjak|Lazistan]] including [[Rize]] and [[Hopa]].{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} However, the Georgian government, unwilling to become embroiled in a new war with [[Turkish Revolutionaries]], took no steps to take control of these areas.
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The 1919 projects and the 1921 constitution of Georgia granted [[Abkhazia]], [[Adjara|Ajaria]] and Zaqatala a degree of autonomy. Article 107 of the constitution gave autonomy to Abkhazia and Zaqatala.<ref>{{harvnb|Papuashvili|2012|p=345}}</ref> However, due to the Red Army invasion, the exact nature of this autonomy was never determined.<ref>{{harvnb|Welt|2012|pp=214–215}}</ref> It did however serve as the first time in the modern era that Abkhazia was defined as a geographic entity.<ref>{{harvnb|Blauvelt|2014|p=26}}</ref>
[[File:DRG-ATD-en.png|thumb|Map of the Project for dividing the territory of Georgia into new administrative units (regions) in 1920.]]
The territory of the Democratic Republic of Georgia included some territories that today belong to other countries. It was circa 107,600 km<sup>2</sup>, compared to 69,700 km<sup>2</sup> in modern Georgia. The Soviet occupation of the DRG led to significant territorial rearrangements by which Georgia lost almost a third of its territory. Artvin, Ardahan and part of Batumi provinces were ceded to Turkey, Armenia gained control of Lori, and Azerbaijan obtained Zaqatala district. A portion of the Georgian marches along the [[Greater Caucasus]] Mountains was taken by Russia.
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