Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |||||||||
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ASSR of the Georgian SSR Autonomous republic of Georgia | |||||||||
1921–1990 | |||||||||
Flag (from 1978)
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Map of the Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1922. | |||||||||
Capital | Batumi | ||||||||
• Type | Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1921 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||
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The Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Adjarian ASSR or Adzhar ASSR; Georgian: აჭარის ავტონომიური საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, romanized: ach'aris avt'onomiuri sabch'ota sotsialist'uri resp'ublik'a; Russian: Аджарская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика, romanized: Adzharskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) was an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union within the Georgian SSR, established on 16 July 1921.[1] On 10 December 1990, it was renamed into the Autonomous Republic of Adjara. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, it became part of the independent Georgia.