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[[Image:26.05.1918.jpg |right|thumb|scale:30|Meeting of the National Council (May 26, 1918)]]

The '''Democratic Republic of Georgia''' (DRG, [[1918]]-[[1921]]) was the first Republic of [[Republic of Georgia|Georgia]], established after the collapse of the Russian Tsarist empire. The [[Declaration of the State Independence of Georgia]] was adopted by the National Council of Georgia on [[May 26]], [[1918]] (see the photo).

The Democratic Republic of Georgia was ruled by the Government (Prime Minister: [[Noe Zhordania by Levan Urushadze|Noe Zhordania]], Chairman of the Social-Democratic (Menshevik) Party) and the National Parliament - '''"Dampudznebeli Kreba"''' (Chairman: [[Nikolay (Karlo) Chkheidze]], one of leaders of the Social-Democratic Party). Was established multyparty system: among the members of the Government and the Parliament were also representatives of the National-Democratic Party (Chairman: [[Konstantine (Kote) Abkhazi]]), the Party of Social-Federalists (Chairman: [[Simon Mdivani]]) and other political organizations. One of the founders of the '''National-Democratic Party of Georgia''', a famous Georgian scientist and public benefactor, Professor [[Ekvtime Takaishvili by Levan Urushadze|Ekvtime Takaishvili]] was a 1st Deputy Chairman of "Dampudznebeli Kreba" (the Parliament). 

The state independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia was de-jure recognized by: [[Romania]], [[Argentina]], [[Germany]], [[Turkey]], [[Belgium]], [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], [[Japan]], [[Italy]], [[Poland]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Russia]] and other countries.

On [[February 21]], [[1921]] by the Parliament was adopted the [[Constitution]] of the Democratic Republic of Georgia.

On [[February 25]], [[1921]], Russia's Red Army reoccupied the country and Georgia became a Soviet republic. In [[March]], [[1921]], the legal Parliament and Government of DRG forced to leave Georgia.

=== Literature ===

* "Legal Acts of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921", Tbilisi, 1990, 494 pp. (in Georgian)
* Levan Urushadze. "Bolshevism-Menshevism and the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921)" (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1991 (in Georgian)