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National Independence Party Of Georgia
The National Independence Party of Georgia (NIP) is a Georgia (country), Georgian political party. The party was an important force during the transition from the Soviet Union to independence but subsequently faded and its current status in unknown. History The group was established in 1988 by Irakli Tsereteli, a member of the pro-independence Ilia Chavchavadze Society as a focus for more radical members of that group.Jonathan Wheatley, ''Georgia from National Awakening to Rose Revolution: Delayed Transition in the Former Soviet Union'', Routledge, 201link/ref> It took a strongly nationalist and anti-communist ideological position.Stephen Jones, ''Georgia: A Political History Since Independence'', I.B. Tauris, 2015, pp. 38-39 On 30 September 1990 they took part in elections to the Georgian National Congress, an unofficial body established by pro-independence groups who were boycotting 1990 Georgian parliamentary election, the elections to the Supreme Council of the Republic of Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgian Nationalism
Georgian nationalism is a nationalism which argues for promotion of Georgian national identity and a nation state based on it. The beginning of Georgian nationalism can be traced to the middle of the 19th century, when Georgia was part of the Russian Empire. From being more culture-focused in the Imperial Russian and Soviet periods, it went through several phases, evolving into radical ethnocentric in the late 1980s and early in the post-Soviet independence years, and to a more inclusive and civic-oriented form in the mid-2000s. However, vestiges of ethnic nationalism remain among many Georgians. Emergence While the notion of Georgian exceptionalism can be traced back to the middle ages (as demonstrated by the writings of John Zosimus), modern Georgian nationalism emerged in the middle of the 19th century as a reaction to the Russian annexation of fragmented Georgian polities, which terminated their precarious independence, but brought to the Georgians unity under a sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
