Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic

Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
  • Armenian: Անդրկովկասի Խորհրդային Սոցիալիստական Դաշնային (Ֆեդերատիվ) Հանրապետություն
    Andrkovkasi Khorhrdayin Soc'ialistakan Dashnayin (Federativ) Hanrapetut'yun
  • Azerbaijani: Zaqafqaziya Sosialist Federativ Sovet Respublikası
    زاقافقازیا اجتماعی فدراتیو شورا جمهوریتی
  • Georgian: ამიერკავკასიის საბჭოთა ფედერაციული სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა
    Amierk'avk'asiis Sabch'ota Pederatsiuli Sotsialist'uri Resp'ublik'a
  • Russian: Закавказская Социалистическая Федеративная Советская Республика
    Zakavkazskaya Sotsalisticheskaya Federativnaya Sovetskaya Respublika
1922–1936
Flag of Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Flag
(1925–1936)
Emblem(1930–1936) of Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Emblem
(1930–1936)
Anthem: Интернационал
"The Internationale"
(1922–1936)
Location of the Transcaucasian SFSR (red) within the Soviet Union
Location of the Transcaucasian SFSR (red) within the Soviet Union
Status1922:
Condominium state
1922–1936:
Union Republic of the Soviet Union
CapitalTiflis (Tbilisi)
Common languages
Ethnic groups
(1926)
30.7% Georgians
28.2% Azerbaijanis
22.7% Armenians
5.7% Russians
5.2% Iranian peoples
1.1% Jews
1.0% Lezgic peoples
1.0% Greeks
1.0% Abkhazians
3.4% Others
DemonymTranscaucasian
GovernmentFederation of communist states (1922)
Federal communist state (1922-1936)
LegislatureAll-Caucasian Congress of Soviets
History 
• Established
12 March 1922
30 December 1922
• Disestablished
5 December 1936
Area
• Total
186,043 km2 (71,832 sq mi)
• Water
2,785 km2 (1,075 sq mi)
• Water (%)
1.49%
CurrencyTranscaucasian rouble, Soviet rouble
Preceded by
Succeeded by
SSR Abkhazia
South Ossetian AO
Armenian SSR
Azerbaijan SSR
Georgian SSR
Abkhaz ASSR
Nagorno-Karabakh AO
South Ossetian AO
Armenian SSR
Azerbaijan SSR
Georgian SSR
Today part of

The Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (Transcaucasian SFSR or TSFSR), also known as the Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, or simply Transcaucasia, was a republic of the Soviet Union that existed from 1922 to 1936.

The TSFSR comprised Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, traditionally known as the "Transcaucasian Republics" as they were separated from Russia by the Caucasus Mountains. It was created in March 1922 to unify the region following a Soviet invasion two years prior, and was one of the four republics to sign the Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics establishing the Soviet Union in December 1922. The TSFSR was dissolved upon the adoption of the 1936 Soviet Constitution and its constituent republics were elevated individually to republics of the Soviet Union.