Georgian SSR

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<tr><td align=center colspan=2> </td></tr> <tr><td>Capital</td><td>Tbilisi</td></tr> <tr><td>Official language</td><td>Georgian and Russian</td></tr> <tr><td>Established
In the USSR:
 - Since
 - Until </td><td>February 25 1921

December 30 1922
April 9, 1991</td></tr> <tr><td> Area
 - Total
 - Water (%) </td><td>Ranked 10th in the USSR
69,700 km²
negligible </td></tr> <tr><td>Population
 - Total 
 - Density

   </td><td>Ranked 9th in the USSR
 
   4,337,600 (1989)
 128.2/km² </td></tr>

<tr><td>Currency</td><td>Ruble (მანეთი)</td></tr> <tr><td>Time zone </td><td>UTC + 3</td></tr> <tr><td>Anthem</td>

   <td>Anthem of Georgian SSR</td></tr>

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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 SFSR together with the Armenian SSR and the Azerbaijan SSR. In 1936, the TSFSR was disolved. Under Stalin's rule, many Georgians were executed. Under Khrushchev, the government was decentralized and the Georgian Communist Party rose in power. Alongside it, a black market economy and corruption grew. Eduard Shevardnadze worked for years to fight this corruption from the mid 1960s until 1985, when he was appointed Soviet Foreign Minister.

On October 28 1990, democratic parliamentary elections were held, and on November 15 the nation 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.

[edit] See also

• History of the Georgian SSR
• Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR

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