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Human Rights in Post Soviet Georgia
Summary: Provides cultural, historical and geographical data on the country of Georgia. Examines the country's separation from the former Soviet Union. Describes the human rights conflicts that resulted.
Located in southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia, Georgia is the home of a Mediterranean-like warm climate The terrain is mostly mountainous, with the Great and Lesser Caucasus mountain ranges in the northern and southern parts of the country. Georgia is estimated to cover about 69,700 km of the land in this world, roughly about the size of South Carolina (World Factbook: Georgia). There are an estimated 4,934,413 people who reside in Georgia. The birthrate is said to be about 11.79 births to 1,000 people, while the death rate is slightly larger, 14.71 deaths to 1,000 people. Life expectancy is about 64.76 years. The capital of Georgia is in the city Tbilisi (World Factbook: Georgia).
Georgia has a history that dates back more than 2,500 years. Most of the land of Georgia was crowded by Persia and Turkey in addition to Arabs and Mongols between the 7th and 18th centuries. Georgia had...
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