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Transcaucasian Seim Անդրկովկասի սեյմ Zaqafqaziya Seymi ამიერკავკასიის სეიმი Закавказский сейм | |
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| Founded | 23 February 1918 |
| Disbanded | 26 May 1918 |
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| Seats | 125 |
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| Tbilisi | |
The Transcaucasian Seim was a representative and legislative body of state power in the Transcaucasus, convened by the Transcaucasian Commissariat in Tiflis on 23 February 1918. Its members consisted of Russian Constituent Assembly deputies elected in Transcaucasia, as well as representatives of the various political parties of Transcaucasia. Its chairman was Nikolay Chkheidze of the Social Democratic Party of Georgia.
On 26 March 1918, the Seim accepted the resignation of the Transcaucasian Commissariat and formed the Provisional Transcaucasian Government, on 22 April proclaimed the creation of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic, which at the end of May split into independent republics – Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.[1][2]
- ^ Volkhonsky, Mikhail (2004). "Transcaucasian Commissariat" (Great Russian Encyclopedia ed.).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ A. A. Shakhbazyan (2004). "Armenia. Historical Sketch Section: Armenia in the 20th Century" (Great Russian Encyclopedia ed.).
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