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| State motto: პროლეტარ ყველა ქვეყნისა, შეერთდით! | |||
| Official language | Georgian since 1978 | ||
| Capital | Tbilisi | ||
| Chairman of the Supreme Council | Zviad Gamsakhurdia (at independence) | ||
| Established In the USSR: - Since - Until | February 25 1921 December 30 1922 April 9 1991 | ||
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 10th in former Soviet Union 69,700 km² -- | ||
| Population
- Total (1989) - Density | Ranked 9th in the former Soviet Union
4,337,600 128.2/km² | ||
| Currency | Ruble (მანეთი) | ||
| Time zone | UTC + 3 | ||
| Anthem | Anthem of Georgian SSR | ||
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 Federative Soviet Socialist Republic together with the Armenian SSR and the Azerbaijan SSR.
On November 15 1990 it 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.
Chairmen of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR
| Filipp Makharadze | 10 Jul 1938 – 10 Dec 1941 |
| Giorgi Sturua | 1942 – 26 Mar 1948 |
| Vasil Gogua | 26 Mar 1948 – Dec 1952 |
| Zakari Chkhubianishvili | Dec 1952 – 1953 |
| V. Tskhovrebashvili | 1953 |
| Miron Chubinidze | 1953 – 18 Apr 1959 |
| Giorgi Dzotsenidze | 18 Apr 1959 – 1975 |
| Pavle Gilashvili | 9 Jan 1976 – 29 Mar 1989 |
| Otar Cherkezia | 29 Mar 1989 – 17 Nov 1989 |
| Givi Gumbaridze | 17 Nov 1989 – 14 Nov 1990 |
| Zviad Gamsakhurdia | 14 Nov 1990 – 14 Apr 1991 |
See also
Soviet Republics | History of Georgia (country)
Грузинска Съветска Социалистическа Република | República Socialista Soviètica de Geòrgia | Georgische SSR | Gruusia NSV | República Socialista Soviética de Georgia | République socialiste soviétique de Géorgie | 그루지야 소비에트 사회주의 공화국 | საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა | Грузиска ССР | Gruzińska Socjalistyczna Republika Radziecka | República Socialista Soviética da Geórgia | Грузинская Советская Социалистическая Республика | Gruusian sosialistinen neuvostotasavalta | 格鲁吉亚苏维埃社会主义共和国
"Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic"