Establishment of Transcaucasian Republic

Date: April 22, 1918 • Location: Mtskheta, Georgia

The short-lived Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic was established on territory formerly part of the Russian Empire.

The Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic was a short-lived state in the Caucasus that included most of the territory of present-day Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, as well as parts of Russia and Turkey. The state lasted only for a month before Georgia declared independence, followed shortly after by Armenia and Azerbaijan.