Social Democratic Party of Georgia

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Social Democratic Party of Georgia
საქართველოს სოციალ-დემოკრატიული პარტია
FoundedLate 1893
Dissolvedc. 1954
Split from
Left-wing
National affiliationRussian Social Democratic Labour Party (Mensheviks) (until 1918)
International affiliationLabour and Socialist International (1923–1940)
Constituent Assembly of Georgia
109 / 130
Election symbol
Flag variant of Georgia between 1918 and 1921 when it was governed by the Social Democratic Party
Flag variant of Georgia between 1918 and 1921 when it was governed by the Social Democratic Party
Karl Kautsky with the Georgian Social-Democrats, Tbilisi, 1920.
In the first row: Seit Devdariani, Noe Ramishvili, Noe Zhordania, Karl Kautsky and his wife Luise, Silibistro Jibladze, Razhden Arsenidze;
in the second row: Kautsky's secretary Paul Olberg, Victor Tevzaia, K. Gvarjaladze, K. Sabakhtarashvili, S. Tevzadze, A. Urushadze, R. Tsintsabadze

The Social Democratic Party of Georgia (

Irakly Tsereteli, and Noe Zhordania
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The party was prior to 1917 "ambivalent" on Georgia's independence from Russia, for which it has been criticized by some Georgians as "unpatriotic and anti-national". Natalie Sabanadze describes them as "unique in their non-nationalist approach to national liberation." She argues that "they led a highly successful national movement while maintaining a degree of hostility towards nationalism and avoiding the use of nationalist rhetoric and ideology."

elections on February 14, 1919 it garnered 81.5% of the votes. Noe Zhordania became Prime Minister. In the words of Ronald Grigor Suny, "Their achievement in building a Georgian political nation was extraordinary. Their support among all classes of the Georgian people was genuine. And however ephemeral their accomplishments in the brief episode of national independence, the most impressive testimony to their successes is the fact that they could not be dislodged from Georgia except by a militarily superior force from outside."[3]

In March 1921, the Georgian government was overthrown by the Red Army invasion. The party was liquidated in Georgia during the Soviet repressions predating to the failed anti-Soviet August Uprising in 1924. From 1921 onwards, the party began operating in exile, particularly in France, Germany (until 1933) and the United States. A Foreign Bureau was set up as the new leading organ of the party. The party was a member of the Labour and Socialist International between 1923 and 1940.[4]

Notable members

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9789639776531
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  2. ISBN 9780698170100
    . But then came world war, revolution, and imperial dissolution, and voila-Georgian Menshevism had morphed into a vehicle for Georgian nationalism.
  3. ISBN 0-253-20915-3
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  4. ^ Kowalski, Werner. Geschichte der sozialistischen arbeiter-internationale: 1923 - 19. Berlin: Dt. Verl. d. Wissenschaften, 1985. p. 336.
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