Transcaucasian Commissariat
| Transcaucasian Commissariat Закавказский Комиссариат Zakavkazskij Komissariat | |||||||||
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| Autonomous area of Russia | |||||||||
| 1917–1918 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Tiflis (now Tbilisi) | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| • Type | Commissariat | ||||||||
| Chairman | |||||||||
• 1917–1918 | Evgeni Gegechkori | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 11 November 1917 | ||||||||
| 22 April 1918 | |||||||||
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The Transcaucasian Commissariat was established at
Petrograd. The Commissariat decided to strengthen the Georgian–Armenian–Azerbaijani union by convoking a Diet or general assembly (Sejm) in January 1918.[1][2] It declared independence from Soviet Russia and formed the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic after being faced with the threat of being overrun by the Ottoman invasion.[3]
Decline
Peace talks were initiated with the
Transcaucasus to the Ottoman Empire, who continued their invasion of the region in order to take control of the territory. Faced with this imminent threat, the TDFR
was proclaimed as an independent state on 22 April 1918. Further negotiations began immediately with the Ottoman, which recognized the state.
See also
- Special Transcaucasian Committee (OZaKom, Ozakom).
- Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (TDFR, ZKDFR).
References
- ^ Richard Pipes, The formation of the Soviet Union, page 103.
- ISBN 0-521-26310-7. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
- ISBN 9780974493442.