Democratic Republic of Georgia

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The Democratic Republic of Georgia was a short-lived independent Georgian state that existed from 1918 to 1921, established after the Russian Empire’s collapse and ended by Soviet invasion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former country
historical state
republic
borderedBy Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Armenia
surface form: Democratic Republic of Armenia

First Republic of Armenia
Kingdom of Italy
surface form: Kingdom of Italy (via Black Sea maritime boundary)

Ottoman Empire
Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
capital Tbilisi
continent Asia
Europe
conventionalLongName Democratic Republic of Georgia self-link
country Georgia
currency Georgian maneti
deFactoEnd Soviet occupation of Tbilisi
dissolved 1921-02-25
dominantParty Georgian Social Democratic Party
established 1918-05-26
eventEnd Red Army invasion of Georgia
firstHeadOfGovernment Noe Ramishvili
flagDescription red field with a black canton containing a white seven-pointed star and a white stripe
followedBy Socialist Soviet Republic of Georgia
surface form: Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
governmentType parliamentary republic
headOfGovernmentTitle Chairman of the Government
headOfStateTitle Chairman of the Government
historicalEra Interwar period
historicalSignificance first modern independent Georgian republic
legislature Parliament of Georgia
surface form: Constituent Assembly of Georgia
majorPortCity Batumi
nationalSymbol Borjgali
notableHeadOfGovernment Noe Zhordania
officialLanguage Georgian language
surface form: Georgian
politicalIdeology democratic socialism
social democracy
precededBy Russian Empire
reasonForEnd Soviet invasion and occupation
recognizedBy Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Lithuania
Ottoman Empire
Poland
Switzerland
United Kingdom
region South Caucasus
shortName Georgia
sovereigntyType independent state
successorRegimeType Soviet republic

Referenced by (4)

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First Republic of Armenia borderingCountry Democratic Republic of Georgia
Democratic Republic of Georgia conventionalLongName Democratic Republic of Georgia self-link
Kutais Governorate followedBy Democratic Republic of Georgia
Kutaisi formerCapitalOf Democratic Republic of Georgia