Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Autonomous republic within the Georgian SSR
Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
აჭარის ავტონომიური საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა (Georgian)
Аджарская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика (Russian)
ASSR of the Georgian SSR
Autonomous republic of Georgia
1921–1990
Flag of Adjarian ASSR
Flag (from 1978)
Coat of arms of Adjarian ASSR
Coat of arms

Map of the Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1922.
CapitalBatumi
 • TypeAutonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
History 
• Established
1921
• Disestablished
1990
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Democratic Republic of Georgia
Adjara

The Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Adjarian ASSR or Adzhar ASSR; Georgian: აჭარის ავტონომიური საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, romanized: ach'aris avt'onomiuri sabch'ota sotsialist'uri resp'ublik'a; Russian: Аджарская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика, romanized: Adzharskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) was an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union within the Georgian SSR, established on 16 July 1921.[1] On 10 December 1990, it was renamed into the Autonomous Republic of Adjara. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, it became part of the independent Georgia.

Establishment

After a temporary occupation by Turkish and British troops in 1918–1920, Ajaria was reunited with Georgia in 1920. A brief military conflict in March 1921 prompted the government in Ankara to cede the territory to Georgia as a consequence of Article VI of the Treaty of Kars, with the condition for autonomy to be provided for the Muslim population.[2] Accordingly, the Soviet Union established the Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic on 16 July 1921. Nonetheless, Islam within the new republic, as elsewhere in the Soviet Union and in common with Christianity, was persecuted and repressed.

See also

References

  1. ^ "1936 CONSTITUTION OF THE USSR". Brucknell University. December 1936. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  2. ^ Nazaroff, Alexander (1922). "Russia's Treaty with Turkey". Current History. 17 (2): 276–279. ISSN 2641-080X. JSTOR 45330678.
  • v
  • t
  • e
By nameBy years
of existence
   

1918–24  Turkestan3
1918–41  Volga German4
1919–90  Bashkir
1920–25  Kirghiz2
1920–90  Tatar
1921–91  Adjarian
1921–45  Crimean
1921–91  Dagestan
1921–24  Mountain

1921–90  Nakhichevan
1922–91  Yakut
1923–90  Buryat1
1923–40  Karelian
1924–40  Moldavian
1924–29  Tajik
1925–92  Chuvash5
1925–36  Kazakh2
1926–36  Kirghiz

1931–92  Abkhaz
1932–92  Karakalpak
1934–90  Mordovian
1934–90  Udmurt6
1935–43  Kalmyk
1936–44  Checheno-Ingush
1936–44  Kabardino-Balkarian
1936–90  Komi
1936–90  Mari

1936–90  North Ossetian
1944–57  Kabardin
1956–91  Karelian
1957–92  Checheno-Ingush
1957–91  Kabardino-Balkarian
1958–90  Kalmyk
1961–92  Tuvan
1990–91  Gorno-Altai
1991–92  Crimean

  • 1 Buryat–Mongol until 1958.
  • 2 Kazakh ASSR was called Kirghiz ASSR until 1925
  • 3 Autonomous Republic since 1920
  • 4 Autonomous Republic since 1923
  • 5 Autonomous Republic since 1925
  • 6 Autonomous Republic since 1934

41°39′00″N 42°00′00″E / 41.6500°N 42.0000°E / 41.6500; 42.0000


Stub icon

This Soviet Union–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e
Flag of Georgia (country)Hourglass icon  

This Georgian history-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e