Click to see country in continent: Georgia
Capital: T'bilisi Population: 4.7mln Surface: 69,700 sq km Languages:
Georgian, Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijani
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Perhaps the most famous Georgian was Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, known as "Stalin" or man of steel. Born in 1879, Stalin became the second leader of the USSR (after Lenin). Stalin led the USSR until his death in 1953
Exact population: 4,661,473 (July 2006 est.) Literacy: Total population: 99%; male: 100%; female: 98% Ethnicities: Georgian 83.8%, Azeri 6.5%, Armenian 5.7%, Russian 1.5%, other 2.5% (2002 census) Land boundaries: Total: 1,461 km; border countries: Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km, Turkey 252 km Terrain: largely mountainous with Great Caucasus Mountains in the north and Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the south; Kolkhet'is Dablobi (Kolkhida Lowland) opens to the Black Sea in the west; Mtkvari River Basin in the east; good soils in river valley flood plains, foothills of Kolkhida Lowland Extremes: Lowest point: Black Sea 0 m; highest point: Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m Imports: Russia 14%, Turkey 11%, UK 9.3%, Azerbaijan 8.5%, Germany 8.2%, Ukraine 7.7%, US 6% (2004) Exports: Turkey 18.3%, Turkmenistan 17.8%, Russia 16.2%, Armenia 8.4%, UK 4.9% (2004) Industries: Steel, aircraft, machine tools, electrical appliances, mining (manganese and copper), chemicals, wood products, wine
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