| Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |||||||||
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| ASSR of theGeorgian SSR Autonomous republic ofGeorgia | |||||||||
| 1921–1991 | |||||||||
.svg) Flag (1978–1991)  Coat of arms | |||||||||
 Map of the Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1922. | |||||||||
| Capital | Batumi | ||||||||
| • Type | Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1921 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1991 | ||||||||
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TheAdjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Adjarian ASSR orAdzhar 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 anautonomous republic of the Soviet Union within theGeorgian SSR, established on 16 July 1921.[1] On 10 December 1990, it was renamed into theAutonomous Republic of Adjara. After thedissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, it became part of the independentGeorgia.
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After a temporary occupation byTurkish andBritish troops in 1918–1920, Ajaria was reunited with Georgia in 1920. Abrief military conflict in March 1921 prompted the government inAnkara to cede the territory to Georgia as a consequence of Article VI of theTreaty of Kars, with the condition for autonomy to be provided for theMuslim population.[2] Accordingly, theSoviet Union established the Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic on 16 July 1921. Nonetheless, Islam within the new republic,as elsewhere in the Soviet Union andin common with Christianity, waspersecuted and repressed.
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