Overview
Records, including minutes, correspondence, reports, and other materials reflecting the activities of the government of the independent Georgian Republic and the Georgian government in exile after the occupation.
Dates
- Creation: 1914-1958
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1917-1940
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in Georgian.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
9 linear feet (206 microfilm reels in 81 boxes)Records reflect the activities of the government of the independent Georgian Republic and the Georgian government in exile after the occupation. Includes minutes, correspondence, reports, and other materials of peace delegations and special committees concerning the Russian Revolution and the situation in the Caucasus prior to the Bolshevik invasion and the declaration of independence of the Georgian Republic. The activities of various ministries of the government are documented by correspondence, minutes, memoranda, statistical data, reports, and other official documents such as decrees, constitution, petitions, and orders. Subjects covered are foreign affairs, finance, trade, industry, agriculture, and military affairs (People's Guard). Also material, mostly diplomatic correspondence, pertaining to peace negotiations and relations with European countries, Turkey, Soviet Russia, and other Russian republics, including activities of Georgian delegation to the Peace Conference in Paris (1918-1923) and other diplomatic missions in Europe.
Archives created by the Georgian government in exile in Paris contain correspondence, official declarations, financial records, memoranda, minutes of meetings, reports, speeches, and articles. These materials document the government's relations with the League of Nations, the U.S., European political parties, and underground groups in occupied Georgia. Records of the government in exile include account books from 1920 to 1938; and correspondence and manuscripts of speeches and articles of Noe Jordania, Georgian president in exile, Nicholas Tcheidze, and other government figures. Also booklets and miscellaneous printed material, 1918-1957; about the Georgian Republic.
Biographical / Historical
In 1918 the Mensheviks in Russia proclaimed Georgia an independent republic; in 1921 Georgia was declared a Soviet Socialist Republic.
Organization of the Georgian Archive
- Russian Revolution (3.12.1917) and the situation in the Caucasus prior to the Bolshevik Invasion: Boxes 1,2
- Caucasus and Turkey in 1918 - 1919: Box 3
- Transcaucasian Federation and Independent Georgia (Boxes 4, 5, 6, 7)
- Activity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia: Boxes 8, 9
- Ministry of Finance, Trade, and Industry: Boxes 10, 11, 12
- Ministry of Agriculture: Boxes 13, 14, 15
- People's Guard: Boxes 16, 17, 18
- Peace Conference in Trebizond, End of the Trancaucasian Federation, Independent Georgia and its relations with Turkey and Germany: Box 19
- Georgia, English Military Command in Transcaucasia, Russian White Army: Boxes 20, 21, 22, 23
- Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaidjan: Box 24
- Georgian Delegation to the Peace Conference in Paris: Boxes 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.
- Georgian Diplomatic Representation in Paris: Box 31
- Georgian Legation in Rome: Box 32
- Georgian Legation in Berlin: Box 33
- Georgian Legation in Constantinople: Box 34
- Georgian Legation in Berne: Box 35
- Interrelations among Georgia, Northern Caucasus, Ukraine, Poland, Bielorussia, Baltic, and Scandinavian countries: Box 36
- Georgia and Soviet Russia: Box 37
- Georgia under Soviet Occupation Legation in Paris: Boxes 38, 39, 40, 41, 42
- The Georgian Legation in Constantinople External: Box 43
- Bolshevik Occupied Georgia Georgian Legation in Constantinople Internal: Box 44
- Georgian Legation in London: Box 45
- Georgian Legation in Warsaw: Box 46
- Georgian Legation in Berlin: Box 47
- Activity of the Georgian Government in Exile: Boxes 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53
- Georgia Social Democratic Bureau Abroad: Boxes 54, 55, 56
- Georgian Social Democratic Party and the Second International: Box 57
- League of Nations and Georgia during its independence and after occupation: Boxes 58, 59
- Situation in occupied Georgia: Box 60
- Correspondence between Georgian Government in exile and Georgian underground political parties in the country: Boxes 61, 62, 63
- Financial Records of the Georgian Government in Exile: Boxes 64 - 71
- Account Books: Boxes 72, 73
- Manuscripts left by the deceased Nicholas Tcheidze, documents relative to the assassination of Noe Ramishvili and Grigol Veshapeli: Box 74
- Relations of the U.S.A. with the exiled Georgian Government: Box 75
- Idea of confederation of the Caucasus among the representatives of the Caucasian Republics in exile: Box 76
- Speeches, articles, official and correspondence of the President of Georgia. Noe Jordania in exile: Boxes 77, 78
- Private and official correspondence, speeches and articles by K. Gvardjaladze and D. Iharashidze: Box 79
- The Georgian and foreign press about Georgia in booklets: Box 80
- Other manuscripts: Box 81
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Georgian Archive, on loan for thirty years beginning in 1974 to the Harvard College Library from the Georgian government in exile, was returned to Tbilisi in October 1997. The archive was filmed in 1978.
Processing Information
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- Title
- Georgia (Republic) records [microform], 1914-1958: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01502
Repository Details
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