Czar Heraclius of Georgia, and Her Majesty, Catherine II., Empress of Russia, Treaty of Georgievsk (1783)
“ Art. X. — Those of the Georgian subjects who shall desire to settle with their families in Russia may do so freely; and, vice versa, the Russians may settle in Georgia. Again, in like manner, those who shall not be contented with having changed their country may again return on either side. Those amongst the subjects or soldiers of one or the other power who shall have deserted shall be reciprocally given up; even in the event of war with the Porte, the Georgians who shall be made prisoners, whilst serving in the enemy's ranks, shall be given up to the Czar ”
