Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1922–1936)

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Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Armenian: Անդրկովկասի Խորհրդային Սոցիալիստական Դաշնային (Ֆեդերատիվ) Հանրապետություն
Romanization: Andrkovkasi Khorhrdayin Soc‘ialistakan Dashnayin (Federativ) Hanrapetut‘yun
Azerbaijani: Zaqafqaziya Sosialist Federativ Sovet Respublikası
Georgian: ამიერკავკასიის საბჭოთა ფედერაციული სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა
Romanization: Amierk'avk'asiis Sabch'ota Pederatsiuli Sotsialist'uri Resp'ublik'a
Russian: Закавказская Социалистическая Федеративная Советская Республика
Romanization: Zakavkazskaya Sotsalisticheskaya Federativnaya Sovetskaya Respublika
1922–1936
Flag of Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Flag
Coat of arms of Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Coat of arms
Location of Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
CapitalTiflis (Tbilisi)
Common languagesArmenian
Azerbaijani
Georgian
Russian
Dominant mode of productionSocialism
GovernmentMarxist-Leninist state
History
• Established
12 March 1922
• Disestablished
26 December 1936
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Georgian SSR
Armenian SSR
Azerbaijan SSR
Georgian SSR
Armenian SSR
Azerbaijan SSR

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. The TSFSR was one of the four republics to sign the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR establishing the Soviet Union in 1922. The TSFSR was created ostensibly to consolidate the economic situation and Bolshevik control over the region. 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.