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Georgian SSR
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| State motto: პროლეტარ ყველა ქვეყნისა, შეერთდით! | |||||
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| Official language | Georgian since 1978
(Georgia was the only Soviet republic to have an official language) | ||||
| Capital | Tbilisi | ||||
| Chairman of the Supreme Council | Zviad Gamsakhurdia (at independence) | ||||
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 10th in former Soviet Union 69,700 km2 -- | ||||
| Population | Ranked 9th in the former Soviet Union
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| Currency | Rouble (მანეთი) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC + 3 | ||||
| Anthem | Anthem of Georgian SSR | ||||
The Georgian SSR (Soviet Socialist Republic, საქართველოს საბჭოთა
სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, or Sak'art'velos Sabčota Soc'ialisturi Respublika) was the name given to Georgia when it was part of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1991. From 1922 to 1936 it was part of the Transcaucasian Federative Soviet Socialist Republic together with the Armenian SSR and the Azerbaijan SSR. In Russian, Georgia is called Gruziya.
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