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
Hall in Tbilisi, where Georgia's independence was proclaimed in 1918
National Council meeting, 12 March 1919
British troops marching in Batumi, 1920
The Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic was a short-lived state in the Caucasus that included most of the territory of present-day Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, as well as parts of Russia
Democratic Republic of Georgia
…legislature, the Sejm (23 January 1918). On 22 April 1918, the Sejm – Nikolay Chkheidze was the president – declared the Transcaucasus an independent democratic federation with an executive Transcaucasian government chaired by Evgeni Gegechkori and later by Akaki Chkhenkeli. Many Georgians, influenced by the ideas of Ilia…
Nikolay Chkheidze, who served as the chairman of the Seim
Akaki Chkhenkeli served both as prime minister and foreign affairs minister for the republic.