The Deputies of the Constituent Assembly who Stayed in Georgia: The First Repressions

Abstract

According to the decree of the final session (March 17, 1921) of the Constituent Assembly of Georgia, those deputies of the Constituent Assembly who were under threat of repressions, should emigrate abroad. A great majority of deputies stayed in Georgia, although it turned out that under the Soviet occupation all of them were under the threat of repressions. The article deals with the „first wave“ of the Soviet repressions of 1921, when 29 deputies were arrested; although some of them were set free later on; but this was just the beginning of the repressions.
Key words: Democratic Republic of Georgia; the Constituent Assembly of Georgia; the Soviet Repressions;