ABOUT STRUCTURE OF THE GEORGIAN TROOPS IN KRTSANISI BATTLE (1795)
Apolon Tabuashvili
Associate Professor in History at Faculty of Humanities, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Abstract
Paper deals with structure of the Georgian troops in Krtsnisi battle (1795). Source study had revealed that in this battle there were engaged 2000 men-in-arms from Imereti Kingdom (Western Georgia), population of Tbilisi, and 2700 warriors of Kartl-Kakheti Royal army. One part among them approx. 700 consisted of members of regular troops, which included artillery group and royal guard; remaining 2000 were the members of so-called “Morige Jari” (military obliged). Numerous material provided in this paper confirm suggestions in 1795 “Morige Jari” was still fully engaged.
