Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
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{{Infobox SSR
| name = Georgian SSR
| rus-name = Грузинская Советская Социалистическая Республика
| loc-name = საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა
| full-name = Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
| year_start = 1936
| year_end = 1991
| p1 = Transcaucasian SFSR
| flag_p1 = Flag of Transcaucasian SFSR.svg
| s1 = Georgia (country)
| flag_s1 = Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg
| flag = Flag of Georgian SSR.svg
| arms = Coat of arms of Georgian SSR.png
| map = SovietUnionGeorgia.png
| capital = [[Tbilisi]]
| language = [[Georgian language|Georgian]], [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Abkhaz language|Abkhaz]] (in the [[Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Abkhazian ASSR]]) and [[Ossetic language|Ossetic]] (in the [[South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast|South Ossetian AO]])
| Lang-ISO = ka
| established = [[February 25]] [[1921]]
| ussr-start = [[December 30]] [[1922]]
| ussr-end = [[September]] [[1991]]
| area-rank = 10th
| area = 69,700
| water = negligible
| pop-rank = 9th
| pop = 4,337,600 (1989)
| density = 128.2
| time-zone = + 3
| anthem = [[Anthem of Georgian SSR]]
| medals = [[Image:Leninorder.jpg|26px]] [[Order of Lenin]]
}}
The '''Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic''' ({{lang-ka|საქართველოს საბჭოთა
სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა}} ''Sak'art'velos Sabčota Soc'ialisturi Respublika''; {{lang-ru|Грузинская Советская Социалистическая Республика}} ''Gruzinskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika''), also known as the '''Georgian SSR''' for short, was one of the [[Republics of the Soviet Union|republics]] that made up the former [[Soviet Union]].
Established on [[February 25]] [[1921]], as the Georgian SSR. 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 dissolved. Under [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]]'s rule, many Georgians were executed. During this period the province was led by [[Lavrenti Beria]], first secretary of the [[Georgian Central Committee]] of the [[Georgian Communist Party]]<ref>.Geronti Kikodze (1954) Notes of a Contemporary, first published in 1989, Mnatobi, Issue 1, Tbilisi, Georgia.</ref>
Under [[Nikita Khrushchev|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.
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== See also ==
{{History of Georgia}}
*[[History of Georgia (country)#Georgia under the Soviet Union.2C 1921 - 1990|History of the Georgian SSR]]
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[[br:RSS Jorjia]]
[[bg:Грузинска съветска социалистическа република]]
[[ca:República Socialista Soviètica de Geòrgia]]
[[cs:Gruzínská sovětská socialistická republika]]
[[de:Georgische SSR]]
[[et:Gruusia NSV]]
[[es:República Socialista Soviética de Georgia]]
[[fr:République socialiste soviétique de Géorgie]]
[[gv:Pobblaght Hoveidjagh Hoshiallagh ny Shorshey]]
[[gl:República Socialista Soviética de Xeorxia]]
[[ko:그루지야 소비에트 사회주의 공화국]]
[[id:RSS Georgia]]
[[it:RSS Georgiana]]
[[he:הרפובליקה הסובייטית הסוציאליסטית של גאורגיה]]
[[ka:საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა]]
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[[mk:Грузиска ССР]]
[[nl:Georgische Socialistische Sovjetrepubliek]]
[[ja:グルジア・ソビエト社会主義共和国]]
[[pl:Gruzińska Socjalistyczna Republika Radziecka]]
[[pt:República Socialista Soviética da Geórgia]]
[[ro:Republica Sovietică Socialistă Georgiană]]
[[ru:Грузинская Советская Социалистическая Республика]]
[[fi:Georgian sosialistinen neuvostotasavalta]]
[[sv:Georgiska SSR]]
[[tr:Gürcistan Sovyet Sosyalist Cumhuriyeti]]
[[zh:格鲁吉亚苏维埃社会主义共和国]]