Manana Jakeli – Independence Day of Georgia

Independence Day (Georgian: დამოუკიდებლობის დღე, damoukideblobis dghe) is an annual public holiday in Georgia observed on 26 May. It commemorates the 26 May 1918 adoption of the Act of Independence, which established the Democratic Republic of Georgia in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917. It is the national day of Georgia.

Georgia Independence Day

In the chaotic aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917, Georgia, which had been part of the Russian Empire since the early 19th century, declared itself an independent Democratic Republic on 26 May 1918, after a brief and loose federative union with the fellow South Caucasian countries of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

May 26, 1918, the feast

 Russian Revolution of 1917

 Russian Civil War

The Act of Independence of Georgia
The son of Noe Jordania

Redjeb Jordania – On Our Independence Day 

1919, the first anniversary of Georgian independence

The Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG; Georgian: საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა Sakartvelos Demokratiuli Respublika) was the first modern establishment of a republic on the territory of Georgia, which existed from May 1918 to February 1921. Recognized by all major European powers of the time, DRG was created in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917, which led to the collapse of the Russian Empire and allowed territories formerly under Saint Petersburg’s rule to assert independence. 

Government of Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1919

The first constitution of Georgia in 1921

On February 21, 1921, facing the onset of Soviet aggression, the Constituent Assembly adopted a constitution of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, the first modern fundamental law in the nation’s history.

The first constitution of Georgia in 1921

The Symbols of Democratic Georgia

 Flag, Coat of arms

Anthem

Georgia’s 1918–1921 borders were formed through the border conflicts with its neighbours and ensuing treaties and conventions. In the north, Georgia was bordered by various Russian Civil War polities until the Bolshevik power was established in North Caucasus in the spring of 1920. The international border between Soviet Russia and Georgia was regulated by the 1920 Moscow Treaty. During the Sochi conflict with the Russian White movement, Georgia briefly controlled the Sochi district (1918).
The border disputes with First Republic of Armenia over a part of Borchalo district led to a brief war between the two countries in December 1918, see: Georgian-Armenian War 1918. With the British intervention the Lori “neutral zone” was created, only to be reoccupied by Georgia after the fall of the Armenian Republic at the end of 1920.

Democratic Republic of Georgaia

Red Army invasion of Georgia
The Red Army invasion of Georgia (15 February – 17 March 1921), also known as the Soviet–Georgian War or theSoviet invasion of Georgia, was a military campaign by the Soviet Russian (RSFSR) Red Army aimed at overthrowing the Social-Democratic (Menshevik) government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG) and installing a bolshevik regime in the country.
Democratic Republic of Georgia 1918-1921, Russian occupation and uprisings