Georgian people
The Georgians are a Caucasian ethnic group that come from Georgia. Large Georgian communities are also present throughout Russia, European Union, United States, and South America.
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| c. 4.3[1] — 5 million | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regions with significant populations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Georgia 3,956,000[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Russia | 198,944[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 European Union | 250,000[source?] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 United States | 200,000[source?] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Israel | 72,000[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Turkey | 91,500[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Ukraine | 34,199[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Greece | 23,159[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Brazil | 20,750[source?] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Azerbaijan | 14,900[7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Japan | 14,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Italy | 12,670 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Kazakhstan | 4,990[8] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Singapore | 3,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 France | 2,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Canada | 2,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Armenia | 1,105 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Argentina | 1,050 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Mexico | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 United Kingdom | 3500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Languages | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgian (including Mingrelian and Svan), Russian (about 10% of the population)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predominantly † Eastern Orthodox Christianity (Georgian Orthodox Church) (83.9%) also some Georgiano-Latin, Greek, and Armenian rites of the Roman Catholic Church (0.8%). Muslim minority (9.9%), chiefly Sunnis of the Hanafi school.[9] In diaspora (Chveneburis, Saingilo and Fereydanians) mainly Islam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Laz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The majority of Georgians are Eastern Orthodox Christian. They mostly go by the national autocephalous Georgian Orthodox Church, which started in the 4th century. There are also Georgian Catholic and Muslim communities in Tbilisi and Adjara. Located in Caucasus at the edge of Europe, the Georgian people have tried to keep their Christian identity. There is a lot of pressure from the neighboring Muslim empires.
The Georgian language is the official language of the country.
Georgian People Media
Gelati fresco.
A Georgian, by Cesare Vecellio.
Georgians presenting gifts to the Byzantine emperor. The Skylitzes Chronicle.
Georgian language is written in its own unique alphabet since the early 5th century.
Jvari Monastery, one of the oldest churches in Georgia, located in country's ancient capital city of Mtskheta.
Georgian Tamada making a toast at Supra, by Niko Pirosmani.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ethnologue: Georgian
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Central Intelligence Agency of United States (May 17, 2011). "CIA World Factbook:Georgia". The World Factbook (CIA). Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
- ↑ Russian Census 2002: Population by ethnicity(in Russian)
- ↑ Ethnic Groups of Israel
- ↑ Ukrainian Census 2001
- ↑ "2001 Greek census" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ↑ "Azerbaijan Census 1999". Archived from the original on 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ↑ "Kazakhstan Census 2009". Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ↑ "CIA — The World Factbook — Georgia — People — Religions — 2002 Census". Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
