The Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (Russian: Закавказская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика – ЗСФСР, Zakavkazskaya Sovetskaya Federativnaya Sotsalisticheskaya Respublika – ZSFSR), also known as the Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Transcaucasian SFSR and the TSFSR for short, was a republic of the Soviet Union, lasting from 1922 to 1936. It consisted of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia,...
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The Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (Russian: Закавказская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика – ЗСФСР, Zakavkazskaya Sovetskaya Federativnaya Sotsalisticheskaya Respublika – ZSFSR), also known as the Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Transcaucasian SFSR and the TSFSR for short, was a republic of the Soviet Union, lasting from 1922 to 1936. It consisted of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, traditionally known as the Transcaucasian Republics, being separated from Russia by the Caucasus Mountains.
The republic's roots date back to the dissolution of the Russian Empire in 1917, during the October Revolution, when the provinces of the Caucasus seceded and formed their own federal state called the Transcaucasian Federation. Competing national interests and war with Turkey led to the dissolution of the republic half a year later, in April 1918.
The three successor states lasted until the end of the Russian civil war that was being...
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