Abstract:
Presented paper deals with the period before Krtsanisi battle which took
place in the 10th -11th september, 1795. the georgians attempted to organize
measures for prevention of Persian onslaught. sovereign of iran trying to invade
eastern georgia was agha Muhammad Khan Qajar. As seen from the different
sources, in June 1795, king of Kartl-Kakheti Erekle II started the mobilization
of his army and towards the midst of July numerous army of Kartl-Kakheti
together with troops from Imereti Kingdom and mountinous regions of
Dagestan were assembled. After that, the events were as foloows: in August
1795 Agha Muhammad Khan had retreated from the Shusha castle (which was
propably the tactical manoeuvre). That event was reckoned to be the success by
Georgian commanders. They disbanded the major part of the army. But in the
end of August the Iranian ruler started marching towards Tbilisi with rush.
Erekle II was unprepared, he had only 5000 men-in-arms in his command, that
was one of the main reasons of Georgians’ failure at Krtsanisi battle.
