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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. |
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. |
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On [[October 28]] [[1990]], democratic parliamentary elections were held, and on [[November 15]] the nation was renamed the "[[Georgia (country)|Republic of Georgia]]." It declared independence on [[April 9]], [[1991]], under [[Zviad Gamsakhurdia]]. However, this was unrecognized by the Soviet government until its collapse in December 1991. |
On [[October 28]] [[1990]], democratic parliamentary elections were held, and on [[November 15]] the nation was renamed the "[[Georgia (country)|Republic of Georgia]]." It declared independence on [[April 9]], [[1991]], under [[Zviad Gamsakhurdia]]. However, this was unrecognized by the Soviet government and Georgia was in the USSR until its collapse in December 1991. |
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The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian: საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა sakartvelos sabch'ota socialist'uri resp'ublik'a; Russian: Грузинская Советская Социалистическая Республика Gruzinskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), also known as the Georgian SSR for short, was one of the republics that made up the former Soviet Union.
History
- Main article: History of the Georgian SSR
Preceding Events
On November 28 1917, after October Revolution in Russia, there was established Transcaucasian commissariat heading by Mensheviks in Tbilisi.
Soviet power
Socialist Soviet Republic of Georgia was established on February 25 1921.
On March 2, 1922 first constitution of Soviet Georgia was accepted.
Georgia within Transcaucasian SFSR
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. During this period the province was led by Lavrentiy Beria, first secretary of the Georgian Central Committee of the Georgian Communist Party[1]
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 Zviad Gamsakhurdia. However, this was unrecognized by the Soviet government and Georgia was in the USSR until its collapse in December 1991.
References
- ^ .Geronti Kikodze (1954) Notes of a Contemporary, first published in 1989, Mnatobi, Issue 1, Tbilisi, Georgia.
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External links
- Georgia, land of the Golden Fleece, reveals its riches a propaganda pamphlet about the GSSR from the 1960s.
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