Transcaucasian Commissariat
| Transcaucasian Commissariat Закавказский Комиссариат Zakavkazskij Komissariat | |||||||||
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| Autonomy of Russia | |||||||||
| 1917–1918 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Tiflis (now Tiblisi) | ||||||||
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| • Type | Commissariat | ||||||||
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• 1917–1918 | Evgeni Gegechkori | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 11 November 1917 | ||||||||
| 22 April 1918 | |||||||||
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The Transcaucasian Commissariat was established at Tbilisi on 11 November 1917, as the first government of the independent Transcaucasia following the October Revolution in Petrograd. The Commissariat decided to strengthen the Georgian–Armenian–Azerbaijani union by convoking a Diet or general assembly (Sejm) in January 1918.[1][2]
See also
- Special Transcaucasian Committee (OZaKom, Ozakom).
- Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (TDFR, ZKDFR).
References
- ^ Richard Pipes, The formation of the Soviet Union, page 103.
- ^ Swietochowski, Tadeusz (1985). Russian Azerbaijan, 1905–1920: The Shaping of a National Identity in a Muslim Community. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 106. ISBN 0-521-26310-7. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
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