Three States in One City
Journal Title: Pro Georgia. Journal of Kartvelological Studies - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 27
Abstract
May 26, 1918, in Tbilisi, by accepting the Act of Independence, the National Council of Georgia resumed interrupted Georgian Statehood and created a Democratic Republic of Georgia. Two days later, Armenian National Council also acting in Tbilisi triggered the formation of the Republic of Armenia, and on May 28, the People’s Republic of Azerbaijan was established in Tbilisi as well. So, in the capital of Georgia in three days there were established three states, all three of them for some time were situated in Tbilisi. The government of the Republic of Azerbaijan stayed here until June 16, 1918; before it moved first to Ganja and after to Baku (September 17, 1918.). As for Armenian government, it left Tbilisi in July 19, 1918, and moved to Yerevan. The article deals with common foreign policy factors of establishment of the three neighboring states, first steps in the relationship among these states and outlines issues of disagreements which significantly precipitated common tragic fate for all the three states.
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Otar Janelidze
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