Abstract:
During the first half of the 17th century Russia had no military and
political strength to challenge Iranian influence in Eastern Georgia. In such
circumstances, almost half a century, Teimuraz I King of Kakheti was
permanently conducting pro-Russian foreign political course.
Along with other reasons, irrational policies of Teimuraz had twice put
population of Kakheti Kingdom in a great danger, first, while genocide in 1616,
and then while attempts of ethnic extinction in 1650s.
