Georgian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)

Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა (Georgian) Грузинская Советская Социалистическая Республика (Russian)
Flag State Emblem
Motto: პროლეტარებო ყველა ქვეყნისა, შეერთდით! "Workers of the world, unite!"
Anthem: State Anthem of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
Status	Constituent republic of the Soviet Union
Capital and largest city	Tbilisi
Official languages	Georgian Russian
Recognised languages	Abkhaz Ossetian
Religion (2022)	51% no religion 41% Christianity 8% Islam
Demonym(s)	Georgian Soviet
Government	Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party soviet socialist republic
• First Secretary & State Chairman	Givi Gumbaridze
• Premier	Igor Giorgadze
Legislature	Supreme Soviet
Area
• Total	69,700 km2 (26,900 sq mi)
Population
• 2024 estimate	5,940,624
• 2019 census	5,938,609
• Density	85.23/km2 (220.7/sq mi)
Currency	Soviet Ruble (SUR)
Date format	CE, mm dd yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+7
ISO 3166 code	KT
Internet TLD	.su

Georgia, officially the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, is a constituent republic of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe and West Asia. It is one of the three Transcaucasian republics, along with Armenia, which it borders to the south, and Azerbaijan, which it borders to the east. It additionally borders Russia to the north, the Black Sea to the west, and Turkey to the south. Georgia's capital and largest city, Tbilisi, accounts for nearly a quarter of the republic's population. Other major cities include Batumi, the capital of Adjara, Kutaisi, and Rustavi.

The states of Colchis and Iberia emerged out of what is now Georgia in the 14th and 4th century BCE. Iberia was principal in the unification of Georgia as a kingdom in the 13th century, where Georgia saw a golden age that lasted until the 15th century. After a period of decline, Georgia was gradually incorporated into the Russian Empire, with the last of the Georgian statelets annexed in 1867.

Georgia's independence was restored in 1918 after the Russian Revolution, with the declaration of a short-lived democratic republic that lasted until a Soviet invasion that overthrew the government and declared a soviet republic. In 1922, Georgia united with Azerbaijan and Armenia to form the Transccaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, shortly afterwards signing the Treaty of Creation which established the Soviet Union. Georgia became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union in 1936.