Georgian

However, during the war between the Abkhaz and Georgians, the Chaika was looted and has never been repaired.

Georgians are beginning to see a silver lining in the clouds of war that still hang over their tiny but strategically-located nation.

Fortunately for Georgians, however, street rallies are not the only way they conduct politics.

The early Georgians used to walk in muddy lanes or over blown downs or through dim, green-gray beech-woods or fragrant forests of pine.

Thousands of Georgians are rallying against the continued presence of Russian troops in a key port city.

Now the Georgians are following suit. A crane is lowering breeze-blocks on to the road, next to a mountain of orange sandbags.

After their defeat of the Georgians, the Russians will throw their weight around the neighbourhood.

Whoosh, a second rocket wipes out the incorrigible Trans- Caucasians , the Georgians, Azerbaijanis and Armenians.

Muscovites have always resented the crafty Georgians minting money out of them by selling commodities they need.

About 250 thousand ethnic Georgians, in fear of a real threat from the winners, became refugees.

With bristling ire, UNESCO is seeking a meeting with the Georgians to discuss the halting and reversal of the reconstruction.

Nonetheless, Georgians are increasingly hopeful that the final outcome of their confrontation with Russia will be to their advantage.

the Georgians say they now have clear evidence of Russian involvement in a recent spate of bombings.

Bush shelved a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement in protest and supplied financial aid to the Georgians.

According to Joe Brannen of the Georgia Bankers Association, Georgians have "more affection for community banking" than people elsewhere.

One recent poll found that 83 percent of Georgians consider Russia to be the country's greatest security threat.

And Abkhaz forces have retaken the Kodori Gorge, previously controlled by the Georgians.

On September 1st hundreds of thousands of Georgians joined together in anti-Russian protests.

In Tbilisi, Georgia's capital, debate rages again among Georgians as the August 8th war anniversary approaches.

We urge all parties, Georgians, South Ossetians and Russians to de-escalate the tension and avoid conflict.

No, Russia created a trap for the Georgians and their western backers into which both duly fell.

To the extent that that was so, leading the Georgians on to believe that we would get them into the club soon was a big mistake.

Making life normal again is what many Georgians hope, especially in these areas ravaged by fighting.

The Georgians were flattered, hugged and trained by the Americans.

The Georgians have retaliated by threatening to block Russia's application to join the World Trade Organisation.

WHEN God was parcelling out land to the peoples of the earth, the Georgians arrived late.

"They [the Georgians] had everything, " one Russian soldier says.

16 helicopters evacuated the remaining part of refugees for what many Georgians are still so grateful.

Smaller numbers of Bulgarians, Romanians, Moldovans, Ukrainians, Georgians and Russians also have a toehold in Greece.

But Georgians are especially taken by her simple manner.

There is a danger that Georgians will see him as another saviour.

She says Georgians have been cleared from their homes in the conflict zone and have been forced out into so-called buffer zones.

In the photo: ethnic Georgians run away from Abkhazia, 1993.

For now, Georgians will most likely face them with their customary blend of stoicism, cynicism, and red wine.

Azerbaijan also contains numerous smaller groups, such as Kurds, Georgians, Tatars and Ukrainians.

The Georgians feel your pain.

Ukraine helped Georgians a lot at that difficult moment.

The Georgians further failed to secure the naval batteries on the southern and northern coasts of the island;

And there with Georgians, Russians, and Circassians,