Hey Shota you are probably Georgian (Gruzin) Why is it called Georgia when all you guys call it Gruziya?
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Hey Shota you are probably Georgian (Gruzin) Why is it called Georgia when all you guys call it Gruziya?
I thought they called Georgia "Sakartvelo" and themselves "Kartvelebi". A lot of countries are called by other names. (i.e Armenia-Hayastan, Egypt-Misr, Greece-Ellada) I think it has to do with St. George. In in Iran we call it Gorjestan.
Everybody I knew in Soviet Union called it Gruziya. Russians and Georgians called it that way.
Ok I guess Gruziya is how it is called in Russian:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Georgia.html