Democratic republic of georgia flag. Its borders were with russia in the north democratic republic of georgia in the north west democratic republic of armenia in the west and persian empire in the south. The act of independence of georgia declared on may 26 1918 in brief outlined the main principles of the nations future democracy. Following world war i an independent georgian democratic republic was proclaimed on may 26 1918.
Ganja was the temporary capital of the republic as baku which is the de jure capital was under bolshevik control. When georgia became independent they brought back the flag of the democratic republic of georgia. Georgia is a unitary parliamentary republic with the government elected through a representative democracy.
The state only lasted for a month before georgia declared independence. From the beginning it was a german dependent state. According to this act the democratic republic of georgia equally guarantees to every citizen within her limits political rights irrespective of nationality creed social rank or sex.
However it lost popularity thereafter as it became associated with the chaotic and violent period around the collapse of the soviet union. It borders the don kuban union to the north azerbaijan to the east armenia and the ottoman empire to the south. The democratic republic of georgia drg 19181921 was the first modern establishment of a republic of georgia.
The current flag is a symbol of the georgian patriotic movement and the popular resistance party the united national movement. All these flags were suppressed in 1801 when georgia was annexed by russia. The transcaucasian democratic federative republic tdfr.
The independence of georgia as a republic was proclaimed in 1918 during the russian civil war. It consists of a white flag with red cross and in each corner are bolnur katskhuri crosses. April 22 may 28 1918 also known as the transcaucasian federation was a short lived south caucasian state extending across what are now the modern day countries of armenia azerbaijan and georgia plus parts of eastern turkey as well as russian border areas.
Queen tamara or tamar 11841213 the most famous ruler in georgian history according to tradition used a white flag with a dark red cross and a star. Georgia or officially called the democratic republic of georgia is a country in the southern caucasus. Both the german empire and.
The us state with the same name has more than two times as many people.