Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic

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საქართველოს საბჭოთა
სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა

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State motto:
პროლეტარ ყველა ქვეყნისა, შეერთდით!

Official language Georgian since 1978

Capital Tbilisi
Chairman of the Supreme Council Zviad Gamsakhurdia (at independence)
Established
In the USSR:
- Since
- Until February 25 1921

December 30 1922
April 9 1991
Area
- Total
- % water Ranked 10th in former Soviet Union
69,700 km²
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Population
- Total (1989)
- Density Ranked 9th in the former Soviet Union
4,337,600
128.2/km²
Currency Ruble (მანეთი)
Time zone UTC + 3
Anthem Anthem of Georgian SSR

The Georgian SSR (Soviet Socialist Republic, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, or Sak'art'velos Sabčota Soc'ialisturi Respublika) was the name given to Georgia when it was part of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1991. In Russian it was called Грузинская ССР (Gruzinskaya SSR).

Established as a Soviet Socialist Republic on February 25 1921, from March 12 1922 to December 5 1936 it was part of the Transcaucasian Federative Soviet Socialist Republic together with the Armenian SSR and the Azerbaijan SSR.

On November 15 1990 it was renamed the Republic of Georgia. It declared independence on April 9, 1991, under nationalist leader Zviad Gamsakhurdia. However, this was unrecognized by the Soviet government until September 1991.

Chairmen of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR

Filipp Makharadze	10 Jul 1938 – 10 Dec 1941
Giorgi Sturua	1942 – 26 Mar 1948
Vasil Gogua	26 Mar 1948 – Dec 1952
Zakari Chkhubianishvili	Dec 1952 – 1953
V. Tskhovrebashvili	1953
Miron Chubinidze	1953 – 18 Apr 1959
Giorgi Dzotsenidze	18 Apr 1959 – 1975
Pavle Gilashvili	9 Jan 1976 – 29 Mar 1989
Otar Cherkezia	29 Mar 1989 – 17 Nov 1989
Givi Gumbaridze	17 Nov 1989 – 14 Nov 1990
Zviad Gamsakhurdia	14 Nov 1990 – 14 Apr 1991

Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic

Chairmen of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR

See also