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Encyclopedia > Adjar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

The Adjar ASSR, Adzhar ASSR or Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union within the Georgian SSR, established on 16 July 1921. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 it constitutes the Autonomous Republic of Adjara of Georgia. In its final decades of its existence, the Soviet Union consisted of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics (SSR), often called simply Soviet republics. ... 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... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The rise of Gorbachev Although reform stalled between 1964–1982, the generational shift gave new momentum for reform. ...


Establishment

Main article: History of Adjara

After a temporary occupation by Turkish and British troops in 1918–1920, Ajaria was reunited with Georgia in 1920. After a brief military conflict in March 1921, Ankara government ceded the territory to Georgia due to Article VI of Treaty of Kars on grounds that autonomy is provided for the Muslim population. The Soviet Union established the Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic on 16 July 1921 in accord with this clause. It is thought also that Moscow wanted to avoid giving Georgia complete control of the important Black Sea port of Batumi and to bolster Communist leanings among the ethnic Georgian Muslims living in Turkey. However under Joseph Stalin, Islam, like Christianity, was repressed. The article refers to the history of Georgia’s autonomous province of Adjaria. ... Ankara (Greek: Áγκυρα) is the capital of Turkey and the countrys second largest city after İstanbul. ... Turkey Soviet-Turkish border as per treaty The Treaty of Kars was a friendship treaty between Turkey and the Soviet governments of the Transcaucasian Republics. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... Map of the Black Sea. ... A general view of Batumi Batumi (Georgian: , formerly Batum or Batoum) is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... Stalin redirects here. ... For other uses, including people named Islam, see Islam (disambiguation). ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on Jesus of Nazareth, and on his life and teachings as presented in the New Testament. ...

Autonomous Republics of the Soviet Union
Abkhaz ASSR | Adjar ASSR | Bashkir ASSR | Buryat ASSR | Chechen-Ingush ASSR | Chuvash ASSR | Crimean ASSR |
Dagestan ASSR | Kabardin ASSR | Kabardino-Balkar ASSR | Kalmyk ASSR | Karakalpak ASSR | Karelian ASSR | Kazakh ASSR |
Komi ASSR | Kyrgyz ASSR | Mari ASSR | Moldavian ASSR | Mordovian ASSR | Nakhichevan ASSR | North Ossetian ASSR |
Tatar ASSR | Turkestan ASSR | Tuva ASSR | Udmurt ASSR | Volga German ASSR | Yakut ASSR


 
 

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