Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic

Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic
Закавказская демократическая федеративная республика
1918
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Transcaucasia (South Caucasus) immediately prior to the formation of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic.
Capital		Tbilisi
Languages		Georgian Azerbaijani Armenian
Government		Federative republic
President		Nikolay Chkheidze
Historical era		World War I
•	Federation proclaimed	April 22, 1918
•	Georgia declares independence	May 26, 1918
•	Armenia and Azerbaijan declare independence	May 28, 1918
•	Federation dissolved	May 28, 1918
Currency		Transcaucasian ruble
Preceded by Succeeded by Transcaucasian Commissariat Democratic Republic of Armenia Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Democratic Republic of Georgia
Today part of		Georgia  Armenia  Azerbaijan  Russian Federation  Turkey

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The Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (TDFR; Закавказская демократическая Федеративная Республика (ЗКДФР); Zakavkazskaya Demokraticheskaya Federativnaya Respublika (ZKDFR); 22 April – 28 May 1918), also known as the Transcaucasian Federation, was a short-lived South Caucasian state extending across what are now the modern-day countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, plus parts of Eastern Turkey.

After the February Revolution, the Russian Provisional Government installed the Special Transcaucasian Committee (особый Закавказский Комитет (ОЗАКОМ), osobyy Zakavkazskiy Komitet (OZAKOM)) to govern the area.

In November 1917, following the October Revolution, the first government of an independent Transcaucasia was created in Tbilisi. A Transcaucasian Committee and a Transcaucasian Commissariat (Sejm, headed by the Georgian pro-Menshevik Social Democrat Nikolay Chkheidze) existed for a couple of months. On December 5, 1917, the Committee endorsed the Armistice of Erzincan signed by the Ottoman command of the Third Army.