| Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic |
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| Capital | Sukhumi | |||
| Government | Not specified | |||
| History | ||||
| - Established | 1931 | |||
| - Disestablished | 1991 | |||
| Currency | ruble | |||
The Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic or Abkhaz ASSR (Abkhaz: Аҧснытәи Автономтә Советтә Социалисттә Республика) was an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union within the Georgian SSR. It came into existence in February 1931, when the Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia (SSR Abkhazia or SSRA), originally created in March 1921, was transformed to the status of Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic within the Georgian SSR.
The Abkhaz ASSR adopted its own constitution on 2 August 1937. The supreme organ of legislative power was the Supreme Soviet elected every 4 years and its Presidium. The executive power was vested with the Council of Ministers appointed by the Supreme Soviet. The Abkhaz ASSR had 11 representatives in the Council of Nationalities of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
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| Early History of Abkhazia | |
| Prehistoric settlement | |
| Abkhazia in antiquity | |
| Abkhazia from the 8th to the 19th century | |
| Kingdom of Abkhazia | |
| Abkhazian-Georgian Kingdom | |
| Principality of Abkhazia | |
| Abkhazia from the 19th century to 1921 | |
| Abkhazia within the Russian Empire | |
| Abkhazia from 1917 to 1921 | |
| Soviet Abkhazia | |
| Socialist Soviet Republic Abkhazia (1921-1931) | |
| Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1931-1991) | |
| Modern Abkhazia | |
| Georgian-Abkhazian conflict | |
| Abkhazia after the war | |
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