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2010 In Georgia (country)
The events in 2010 in Georgia. Incumbents National * President: Mikheil Saakashvili (since 25 January 2004) * Prime Minister: Nika Gilauri (since 6 February 2009) * Chairperson of Parliament: Davit Bakradze (since 7 June 2008) Autonomous republics Adjara *Chairman of the Government: Levan Varshalomidze (since 20 July 2004) *Chairman of the Supreme Council: Mikheil Makharadze (since 20 July 2004) Abkhazia * Chairman of Government (-in-exile): Giorgi Baramia (since 15 June 2009) *Chairman of the Supreme Council (-in-exile): Elguja Gvazava (since 20 March 2009) Disputed territories Abkhazia * President: Sergei Bagapsh (since 12 February 2005) * Vice President: Alexander Ankvab (since 12 February 2010) * Prime Minister: Alexander Ankvab (14 February 2005 – 13 February 2010), Sergei Shamba (since 13 February 2010) * Chairman of People's Assembly: Nugzar Ashuba (since 3 April 2002) South Ossetia * President: Eduard Kokoity (since 18 December 2001) * Prime Minister: Vadim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia (country)
Georgia (, ; ) is a transcontinental country at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, by Russia to the north and northeast, by Turkey to the southwest, by Armenia to the south, and by Azerbaijan to the southeast. The country covers an area of , and has a population of 3.7 million people. Tbilisi is its capital as well as its largest city, home to roughly a third of the Georgian population. During the classical era, several independent kingdoms became established in what is now Georgia, such as Colchis and Iberia. In the early 4th century, ethnic Georgians officially adopted Christianity, which contributed to the spiritual and political unification of the early Georgian states. In the Middle Ages, the unified Kingdom of Georgia emerged and reached its Golden Age during the reign of King David IV and Queen Tamar in the 12th and early 13th centuries. Thereafter, the kingdom decl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Shamba
Sergei Shamba ( ab, Сергеи Шамба, ka, სერგეი შამბა) is a senior politician from Abkhazia. He is currently a member of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia and Chairman of United Abkhazia. He was Prime Minister of Abkhazia under President Sergei Bagapsh from 13 February 2010 until 27 September 2011. Between 1997 and 2010 he had been Minister for Foreign Affairs under both Bagapsh and his predecessor Vladislav Ardzinba, with only a half-year interruption in 2004. Shamba has twice unsuccessfully participated in presidential elections, in 2004 and 2011. He has been a staunch proponent for dialogue between Abkhazia and Georgia. Early life and career Sergei Shamba was born on 15 March 1951 in Gudauta. He entered politics at the age of 24. Until February 1992, Shamba was the head of Aidgylara, which played a leading role in Abkhazia's struggle for independence. During the 1992-1993 War in Abkhazia, he served as First Deputy Minister of Defence. Minister fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Occupied Territories (Georgia)
Russian-occupied territories in Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს ოკუპირებული ტერიტორიები, tr) are areas of Georgia that have been occupied by Russia after the Russo-Georgian War in 2008. They consist of the regions of Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia and the former South Ossetian Autonomous Region of Soviet Georgia (currently divided between several non-autonomous administrative divisions of independent Georgia), whose status is a matter of international dispute. After the 2008 war and subsequent Russian military occupation of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Russian government, along with four other UN member states, considers the territories sovereign independent states: the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia. Before Russian occupation, the unrecognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia did not completely control their respectively claimed territories. Russian military bases were established in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donetsk
Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast. The population was estimated at in the city core, with over 2 million in the metropolitan area (2011). According to the Ukrainian Census (2001), 2001 census, Donetsk was the fifth-largest city in Ukraine. Administratively, Donetsk has been the centre of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the larger economic and cultural Donbas, Donets Basin (''Donbas'') region. Donetsk is adjacent to another major city, Makiivka, and along with other surrounding cities forms a major urban sprawl and conurbation in the region. Donetsk has been a major economic, industrial and scientific centre of Ukraine wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Федорович Янукович, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of Dignity in 2014, after a long series of protests in support of closer ties with the European Union by diverse civil-society groups in response to his rejection of the Ukrainian-European Association Agreement. From 2006 to 2007 he was the prime minister of Ukraine; he also served in this post from November 2002 to January 2005, with a short interruption in December 2004. He currently lives in exile in Russia, where he has lived since his removal from office in 2014. Yanukovych served as the governor of Donetsk Oblast, a province in eastern Ukraine, from 1997 to 2002. He was Prime Minister of Ukraine from 21 November 2002 to 7 December 2004 and from 28 December 2004 to 5 January 2005, under President Leonid Kuchma. Yanukovych first ran for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koba Kobaladze
Koba Kobaladze ( ka, კობა კობალაძე; born July 7, 1969) is a retired major-general of the Georgian army who served on top military posts early in the 2000s. On May 5, 2009, he was arrested by the Georgian Police on charges of plotting an army mutiny.Former Commander of National Guard Arrested ''''. May 5, 2009 Military career Born in , then-, Kobaladze served in the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Georgian Mutiny
The 2009 Georgian mutiny was a mutiny by a Georgian Army tank battalion based in Mukhrovani, Georgia, east of the capital Tbilisi on 5 May 2009. It is not yet known how many soldiers took part. Later that day, the Georgian Ministry of Interior announced that the mutineers had surrendered. Some of its leaders, including the battalion's commander, were arrested; others managed to escape.Georgian troop rebellion 'over' BBC News. May 5, 2009 The mutiny broke out after the government announced that it had uncovered what it claimed was a n-backed plot to destabilize Georgia and assassinate |
Stanislav Kochiev
Stanislav Jakovlevich Kochiev ( os, Кошты Яковы фырт Станислав, ka, სტანისლავ კოჩიევი, russian: Станисла́в Я́ковлевич Ко́чиев; born 7 April 1954 in Kurta, Tskhinval district, South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union) is a South Ossetian politician, who is a former presidential candidate and former chairman (speaker) of the Parliament of South Ossetia. Kochiev was born in Kurta, and went to school in Tskhinvali, where he attended the state pedagogical institute. He graduated in 1977 and went to work as a high school history teacher. In 1980, Kochiev joined the local branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, where he became head of the ideological department in 1988. In 1991, after South Ossetia's declaration of independence, Kochiyev headed the Committee on National Affairs and the Ministry of Information and Press. Kochiev was elected first secretary (leader) of the Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadim Brovtsev
Vadim Vladimirovich Brovtsev ( os, Бровцеты Владимиры фырт Вадим, ''Brovtsête Vlâdimire fert Vâdim''; russian: Вадим Владимирович Бровцев, ka, ვადიმ ბროვცევი, ''Vadim Brovcevi''; born 26 July 1969Ministry of Press and Mass Communications of South OssetiaProfile of Vadim Brovtsev/ref>) is a Russian businessman who was Prime Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia from 5 August 2009 to 26 April 2012, as well as Acting President from December 11, 2011 to April 19, 2012. Brovtsev had served in the Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces. From 2005 until his appointment to a political post, Brovtsev was head of the board of directors of Russian construction company Vermikulit based in the city of Chelyabinsk. Political life Of Russian ethnicity, he was born in Chelyabinsk-65 (now Ozyorsk) in 1969. Despite having no previous connection to South Ossetia, Brovtsev became Prime Minister of S.Ossetia after his predec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of South Ossetia
The Prime Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia, officially known as the Chairman of the Government (), is the ''de facto'' head of government of the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia that is ''de jure'' part of Georgia. This is a list of the ''de facto'' prime ministers of the Republic of South Ossetia. List of prime ministers of South Ossetia See also *President of South Ossetia Sources Rulers of South Ossetia * Osinform Thirteen South Ossetian PMs (2 November 2008) {{Prime Minister South Ossetia |
Eduard Kokoity
Eduard Dzhabeyevich Kokoyty ( os, Кокойты Джабейы фырт Эдуард, Kokojty Ĝabejy fyrt Edward; born 31 October 1964) is an Ossetian politician who served as President of the partially recognized state of South Ossetia. His term in office lasted just under ten years, beginning December 2001 and ending December 2011. Early life Eduard Kokoyty ( os, Кокойты Джабейы фырт Эдуард, ; russian: Эдуа́рд Джабе́евич Коко́йты, ; ka, ედუარდ ჯაბეს ძე კოკოითი, ; surname also rendered as ''Kokoity'' or ''Kokoyti'' or in a Russified version as russian: Коко́ев, ) was born in Tskhinvali, in the Georgian SSR, a part of the Soviet Union at the time. He was a member, and champion, of the Soviet Union's national wrestling team. Prior to 1989, he was the First Secretary of the Tskhinvali branch of the Komsomol, the Young Communist League. He moved to Moscow in 1992, where he became a bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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