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Mkhedrioni
მხედრიონი
Flag Of Mkhedrioni
Leaders
Jaba Ioseliani
Dates of operation
1989–1995
Active regions
Georgia
Size
1,000–7,000 (1991)
Opponents
Gamsakhurdia's government in exile Abkhazia Bagramyan Battalion Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus
Battles and wars
Georgian Civil War War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) 1991–1992 South Ossetia War War in Abkhazia (1998)
The Mkhedrioni was a paramilitary group in the Republic of Georgia, known for its high-profile involvement in the Georgian Civil War and the War in Abkhazia. It was outlawed since 1995 but subsequently reconstituted as the Union of Patriots political party. However, failing to secure registration, it soon faded into obscurity.
The Mkhedrioni was a paramilitary group in the Republic of Georgia, known for its high-profile involvement in the Georgian Civil War and the War in Abkhazia...
Georgia, writer, thief-in-law and leader of the paramilitary organisation Mkhedrioni. Born in Khashuri, Georgia, Ioseliani majored in Oriental studies at Leningrad...
factions; pro- and anti-Gamsakhurdia. Another paramilitary organization, the Mkhedrioni, led by Jaba Ioseliani, also sided with the opposition. Demonstrations...
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the National Guard of Georgia led by ex-convict Tengiz Kitovani and the Mkhedrioni led by former thief-in-law Jaba Ioseliani. Due to an absence of any other...
unity!" Allies Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Opponents Eduard Shevardnadze Mkhedrioni Russia Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus Abkhazia South...
Regiment and Kadyrovtsy) Obschina Labazanov gang Georgian mafia (See also Mkhedrioni and Forest Brothers) Kutaisi clan Tbilisi clan 21st Century Association...
Georgian Interior and Defense Ministry forces National Guard of Georgia Mkhedrioni South Ossetian Separatists Abkhaz separatists Confederation of Mountain...
Commanders and leaders Giorgi Vashakidze Boris Pachulia † Units involved Mkhedrioni Military police Zviadists Abkhazian Armed Forces Strength Unknown 310...
biggest number of "thieves in law" in all former USSR countries. The Mkhedrioni was a paramilitary group involved in organised crime led by a Thief in...
Georgian Ministry of the Interior charged senior members of the KGB and the Mkhedrioni with involvement in the assassination of Chanturia and attempted assassination...
killed 1991–1992 Georgian coup d'état Rebel factions of National Guard Mkhedrioni And other paramilitaries Supported by: Russia Transcaucasian Military...
Front 29 Aug Eduard Shevardnadze President of Georgia Tbilisi Georgia Mkhedrioni rebels 3 Oct Kiro Gligorov President of Macedonia Skopje Macedonia Unknown...
exiles Union of Patriots, Georgian political party established after the Mkhedrioni was banned Union of Patriots, Romanian anti-fascist organization that...
of the television series BoJack Horseman Royal Canadian Mounted Police Mkhedrioni (Horsemen), a political group in Georgia The Horsemen Aerobatic Team,...
Georgian Horsemen may refer to: Georgian horsemen in Wild West shows Mkhedrioni, a Georgian paramilitary group and political organisation This disambiguation...
imprisoned Jaba Ioseliani, the leader of the paramilitary organisation Mkhedrioni, which played a vital role in the civil war. Shevardnadze would later...
where he was sheltering surrounded by forces of the pro-Shevardnadze Mkhedrioni militia. Gamsakhurdia's death was announced by the Georgian government...
Global Information
Gamsakhurdia's government in exile
Abkhazia
Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus