Georgia in Diplomatic Relations between Safavid Iran and Muscovite State (First Quarter of the 17th Century)

Abstract

The main purpose of this work is to reveal Georgia’s role against the background of Safavid Iran (Persia) – Muscovite State (Russia) diplomatic relations in the mentioned period and determine - what place occupied Georgia in these two states' foreign policy. As it is known, for many decades, the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Iran were trying to dominate the Caucasus. In the battles to take over this territory, sometimes one, sometimes another, was gaining temporary advantage. Since the 16^th century, Muscovite State (Russia) has been interested in the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea.