The Representatives of National Minorities in the Constituent Assembly of Georgia (1919-1921)

Abstract

The paper reflects on the works and activities of the representatives of national minorities in the Constituent Assembly of Georgia in 1919-1921, through the analysis of the documents, stenographic reports of the sessions of the constituent assembly and those-days Georgian press and archival materials.
The government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia granted extensive rights to the national minorities residing in the country and tried their integration into the socio-political life of the newly created state. To this end, the significant work was undertaken by the governing political party – the Social Democratic Worker’s Party of Georgia – which ensured representation of all significant national minorities of the country into the constituent assembly through its party list.
The paper analysis the activities of the representatives of national minorities in the Constituent Assembly of Georgia and reflects on their biographies to highlight their future fate in the emigration or under the Bolshevik repressions.