Assyrians in Georgia

Assyrians in Georgia

Assyrian church in Dzveli-Kanda village
Total population
3,299
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Georgian, Russian, Assyrian
Religion
Mainly Christianity
(Georgian Orthodoxy and Syriac Christianity)

Assyrians in Georgia (Georgian: ასურელები) number 3,299 (as of 2002), and most arrived in the Southern Caucasus in early 20th century when their ancestors fled present-day Turkey and Iran during the Assyrian genocide.