GSSR

Georgian SSR was Soviet republic 1921-1991, capital Tbilisi. Caucasus republic, one of 15 SSRs, formed 1921. Known for wine, tea, citrus, mountains, Black Sea resorts, Stalin birthplace Gori. Population 5.4M in 1989, mostly Georgians, Russians, Armenians, Abkhaz, Ossetians. Soviet rule brought industrialization, collectivization, Russification, purges, Abkhaz Ossetian tensions. Voted independent 1991. After collapse became Georgia, civil wars Abkhazia South Ossetia. Very wine rich nation