Editing Defence Forces of Georgia (section)

=== Establishment and early years ===
On 20 December 1990, President [[Zviad Gamsakhurdia]] ordered the creation of what is now the Defence Forces. In January 1991, Soviet President [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and Supreme Soviet Chairman [[Anatoly Lukyanov]], demanded that Gamsakhurdia to stop the creation of the [[National Guard of Georgia|National Guard]]. The first military parade of the National Guard was held at [[Boris Paichadze Stadium]] on 30 April 1991, where for the first time in 70 years, Georgians swore allegiance to the Georgian people.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2017-05-01|title=ქართული ჯარის დიდი დღე|url=https://on.ge/story/10303-%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98-%E1%83%AF%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1-%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%98-%E1%83%93%E1%83%A6%E1%83%94|access-date=2021-03-14|website=On.ge|language=ka}}</ref> This day is today commemorated as Defence Forces Day.<ref>{{Cite web|title=georgianpress.ge – 1991 წლის 30 აპრილს ქართული გვარდიის პირველი აღლუმი პრეზიდენტმა ზვიად გამსახურდიამ ჩაიბარა|url=http://georgianpress.ge/com/news/view/13598?lang=1|access-date=2021-03-14|website=საინფორმაციო სააგენტო – Georgian Press}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The new military was mainly manned by volunteers as well as ethnically Georgian officers who were serving in [[Soviet Army]] at the time. The transfer of former [[Transcaucasian Military District]] facilities, weapons and formations located in Georgia, which began in early 1992, lasted until 1997. On 30 April 1992, an agreement was signed on the transfer of military units and facilities by the heads of the defence ministries of the Russian Federation and Georgia. According to it, Georgia received the following formations:<ref name="ГА">{{cite book| author = Авакян Г. |chapter-url=http://cast.ru/files/d524_1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050501100732/http://www.cast.ru/files/d524_1.pdf |archive-date=2005-05-01 |url-status=live |script-chapter=ru:Вооружая Кавказ: Нечаянное наследие Москвы |script-title=ru:Кавказ: вооружён и разобщён |editor=Матвеевой А. |editor2=Хизкока Д. |location=Moscow |date = 2004 |publisher=Просветитель |pages=163–173}}</ref>

* 10th Armoured Division (without 403rd Motorized Rifle Regiment) – [[Akhaltsikhe]]
* 6th Fortified Area – Akhaltsikhe
* 8th Fortified Area 
During the [[Georgian Civil War]], units waged war with supporters of the ousted Gamsakhurdia. The Georgian Armed Forces also took part in the [[1991–1992 South Ossetia War]] and the [[War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)]], losing both, after which Georgia lost control over most of the territory of these republics.