საქართველოს საბჭოთა
სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა

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State motto: პროლეტარ ყველა ქვეყნისა, შეერთდით!
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  - Total (1989)  - Density	Ranked 9th in the former Soviet Union 4,337,600 128.2/km2
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.

See also

• History of the Georgian SSR