Georgian nationalism

Ideology promoting the Georgian identity Georgian nationalism (Georgian: ქართული ნაციონალიზმი, romanized: kartuli natsionalizmi) is a nationalist ideology promoting Georgian national identity, the Georgian language and culture. Emergence Georgian nationalist and anti-Soviet campaigner Leo Kereselidze in historic attire. Flag of Georgia. Before the rise of nationalism, Georgia already possessed a strong pre-modern Georgian ethnic identity, which was rooted in unique historical consciousness recorded in the rich historiographical tradition, linguistic and religious identity, the sense of connection to one's land, the myth of chosenness, the conceptions about descendence from the common ancestor and the concept of "golden age". Despite the political fragmentation of Georgia, the Georgian ethnic identity continued to exist without interruption. This was evident in the 18th century thought, which defined the basis for the re-unification of Georgia in ethnic terms, such as common ancestry, descendence from Kartlos, common language and religion. In 1790, various Georgian kingdoms and principalities signed the Treaty of the Iberians, which prescribes t