The Democratic Republic of Georgia was the first modern establishment of a republic of Georgia, which existed from May 1918 to March 1921. Recognized by all major European powers of the time, DRG was
Nikolay Chkheidze, president of the Georgian Provisional Assembly, later the Constituent Assembly
National Council meeting, 12 March 1919
British troops marching in Batumi, 1920
Zurab Avalishvili, one of Georgia's leading diplomats and negotiators at the Paris Peace Conference
Irakli Tsereteli
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Irakli Tsereteli was a Georgian politician and a leading spokesman of the Social Democratic Party of Georgia and later Russian Social Democratic Labour Party during the era of the Russian Revolutions.
Tsereteli in 1917
Noe Zhordania, like Tsereteli a Georgian Menshevik. Though the two disagreed on many topics, Zhordania encouraged Tsereteli to stand for election in 1907, later stating it was the "only time that Irakli ever listened to me."
"The victorious return of the Caucasian deputies of the State Duma of the Second Convocation," cartoon from the Armenian satirical magazine Khatabala. Tsereteli is depicted third from left in the red shirt.
The Hotel Beau Séjour, site of the Zimmerwald conference, in 1904