This is so funny, unfortunate I have not taken some screenshots, but I am following the ''Georgians'' page for a while now, and one day there were 3-5 million Georgians, then there were 5-7 million Georgians, and now there are 7-9.7 million Georgians
There are barely 3.3 million Georgians in Georgia, they claim there are 1.5 million Georgians in Iran, but as an Iranian-Armenian I can say there are no more than 20-50.000 Georgians in Iran (I have never met one, nor has my family).
They have assimilated the day they came to Iran, the story (Persian story) goes that the Persian king gave the Georgians and the Armenians a choice, or to walk through fire and die, or to convert to Islam. The Georgians immediately converted to Islam and assimilated within a generation, the Armenians however chose to walk through the fire, as the Persian king saw the Armenians were committing suicide for their belief, he let the Armenians have their religion and culture.
Georgians in Georgia - 3.300.000
Georgians in Russia - 200.000
Most of the ''Georgian'' people in Turkey are not Georgian (north-east of Turkey) but Caucasian tribes or have assimilated a long time ago.
Presumably they count by heritage. If you overestimate their numbers, you will come to about maximum 5 million Georgians at best.
Whereas wikipedia downgrades the number of Armenians worldwide, if we would have counted Armenians by heritage we would easily be more than 20 million.
Conclusion: everything that is European or Western is not to be trusted, go mother Russia!
There are barely 3.3 million Georgians in Georgia, they claim there are 1.5 million Georgians in Iran, but as an Iranian-Armenian I can say there are no more than 20-50.000 Georgians in Iran (I have never met one, nor has my family).
They have assimilated the day they came to Iran, the story (Persian story) goes that the Persian king gave the Georgians and the Armenians a choice, or to walk through fire and die, or to convert to Islam. The Georgians immediately converted to Islam and assimilated within a generation, the Armenians however chose to walk through the fire, as the Persian king saw the Armenians were committing suicide for their belief, he let the Armenians have their religion and culture.
Georgians in Georgia - 3.300.000
Georgians in Russia - 200.000
Most of the ''Georgian'' people in Turkey are not Georgian (north-east of Turkey) but Caucasian tribes or have assimilated a long time ago.
Presumably they count by heritage. If you overestimate their numbers, you will come to about maximum 5 million Georgians at best.
Whereas wikipedia downgrades the number of Armenians worldwide, if we would have counted Armenians by heritage we would easily be more than 20 million.
Conclusion: everything that is European or Western is not to be trusted, go mother Russia!
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