Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic

Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic Armenian: Անդրկովկասի Խորհրդային Սոցիալիստական Դաշնային (Ֆեդերատիվ) Հանրապետություն Andrkovkasi Khorhrdayin Soc‘ialistakan Dashnayin (Federativ) Hanrapetut‘yun Azerbaijani: Zaqafqaziya Sosialist Federativ Sovet Respublikası زاقافقازیا اجتماعی فدراتیو شورا جمهوریتی Georgian: ამიერკავკასიის საბჭოთა ფედერაციული სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა Amierk'avk'asiis Sabch'ota Pederatsiuli Sotsialist'uri Resp'ublik'a Russian: Закавказская Социалистическая Федеративная Советская Республика Zakavkazskaya Sotsalisticheskaya Federativnaya Sovetskaya Respublika
1922–1936
Flag[1] (1925–1936) Emblem (1930–1936)
Anthem: Интернационал "The Internationale"
Location of the Transcaucasian SFSR (red) within the Soviet Union
Status	Union Republic of the Soviet Union (1922–1936)
Capital	Tiflis (Tbilisi)
Common languages	Armenian Azerbaijani Georgian Russian
Ethnic groups (1926)	30.7% Georgians 28.2% Azerbaijani Turks 22.7% Armenians 5.7% Russians 5.2% Iranian peoples 1.1% Jews 1.0% Lezgic peoples 1.0% Greeks 1.0% Abkhazians 3.4% Others
Demonym(s)	Transcaucasian
Government	Federal Soviet socialist republic
Legislature	All-Caucasian Congress of Soviets
History
• Established	12 March 1922
• Disestablished	5 December 1936
Area
• Total	186,043 km2 (71,832 sq mi)
• Water	2,785 km2 (1,075 sq mi)
• Water (%)	1.49%
Currency	Transcaucasian rouble, Soviet rouble
Preceded by Succeeded by SSR Abkhazia Armenian SSR Azerbaijan SSR Georgian SSR Armenian SSR Azerbaijan SSR Georgian SSR
Today part of	Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Abkhazia South Ossetia

The Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (Transcaucasian SFSR or TSFSR), also known as the Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, or simply Transcaucasia, was a republic of the Soviet Union that existed from 1922 to 1936.

The TSFSR comprised Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, traditionally known as the "Transcaucasian Republics" as they were separated from Russia by the Caucasus Mountains. The TSFSR was one of the four republics to sign the Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics establishing the Soviet Union in 1922. The TSFSR was created ostensibly to consolidate the economic situation and Bolshevik control over the region. The TSFSR was dissolved upon the adoption of the 1936 Soviet Constitution and its constituent republics were elevated individually to republics of the Soviet Union.