The
Red Army invasion of Georgia (15 February – 17 March 1921), also known as the
Soviet–Georgian War or the
Soviet invasion of Georgia, was a military campaign by the
Soviet Russian (RSFSR)
Red Army aimed at overthrowing the
Social-Democratic (
Menshevik) government of the
Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG) and installing a
Bolshevik regime in the country. The conflict was a result of expansionist policy by the Soviets, who aimed to control as much as possible of the lands which had been part of the former
Russian Empire until the turbulent events of the
First World War, as well as the revolutionary efforts of mostly Russian-based
Georgian Bolsheviks, who did not have sufficient support in their native country to seize power without external intervention.