The area had been part of the Georgian kingdom until its fragmentation in the late 15th century.

A unified, independent Georgian kingdom emerged in the late 10th century.

From the 10th to the 15th century it was part of the united Georgian Kingdom.

The city was finally incorporated into the Georgian Kingdom in 1173.

In the 10th-15th centuries this region was a part of the united Georgian Kingdom.

The various independent regions would not be united into a single Georgian Kingdom until the beginning of the 11th century.

From the 11th to the middle of the 19th century it was a part of the Georgian Kingdom.

After a series of disappointments trying to regain the Georgian Kingdom.

The Georgian Kingdom reached its zenith in the 12th to early 13th centuries.

Its name is derived from the western Georgian kingdom of Colchis.