ДИДГОРИ: Как 46 тысяч грузин уничтожили самую большую армию Востока

At the end of the eleventh century, Georgia was a devastated land, paying tribute to the Seljuk Turks, where, according to chroniclers, a traveler could walk all day and not encounter a single living soul. But in 1189, sixteen-year-old David IV ascended the throne. This is the story of how he refused to pay tribute, brutally suppressed rebellious feudal lords, and created a professional army by inviting forty thousand Kipchak nomad families. You will learn about the culmination of his reign—August 24, 1121, when fifty-six thousand Georgians, Kipchaks, and European crusaders met a gigantic Muslim coalition of nearly four hundred thousand in the Didgori Valley. We'll tell you about David's brilliant plan: how two hundred suicide cavalrymen faked a surrender to attack enemy commanders from within, provoking panic and a crush in a narrow gorge. Immerse yourself in the era when one intellectual ruler recaptured Tbilisi, built the Gelati Academy, and bequeathed his burial so that people would tread on his grave for centuries. DIDGORI: How 46,000 Georgians destroyed the largest army in the East    • ДИДГОРИ: Как 46 тысяч грузин уничтожили са...   IN THIS STORY, YOU WILL LEARN: THE REVOLUTION OF THE MERCENARIES. Why David resettled Kipchak families in Georgia and created a permanent "monasp" corps, independent of the local princes. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PANIC. Why the coalition's massive army became its own biggest problem in the narrow Didgori Gorge, and how the Georgians forced them to crush each other. SMART POLITICS. How David captured Muslim cities, prohibited massacres, and imposed taxes that forced merchants to return. GREAT HUMILITY. Why, before his death in 1125, the invincible commander and nation-builder asked to be buried right at the monastery gates. Join us to see how cool intellect and iron will transformed a devastated country into a great regional power. #history #georgia #davidthebuilder #didgori #medievalages #seljuks #historyofwars