Transcaucasian Sejm

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The Transcaucasian Sejm was a short-lived legislative body that briefly governed the South Caucasus region (including present-day Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia) in the chaotic aftermath of the Russian Empire’s collapse during World War I.

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Transcaucasian Sejm canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical political institution
legislative body
parliament
appliesToJurisdiction South Caucasus
Transcaucasia
linked to: South Caucasus

Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic
country Russian Empire
Transcaucasia
linked to: South Caucasus
diplomaticRole negotiating body with Ottoman Empire after Brest-Litovsk
dissolutionReason collapse of Transcaucasian federation project
independence of Georgia
dissolved 1918
followedBy Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic
follows Special Transcaucasian Committee
hasCause February Revolution
linked to: Russian Revolution

October Revolution
linked to: Russian Revolution

collapse of the Russian Empire
hasLanguage Armenian
Azerbaijani
Georgian
Russian
hasPart Armenian deputies
Azerbaijani deputies
Dashnaktsutyun faction
Georgian deputies
Menshevik faction
Musavat faction
linked to: Musavat Party
historyOfTopic history of Armenia
history of Azerbaijan
history of Georgia
history of the South Caucasus
inception 1918
legislativeBodyFor Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic
legislativeBranchOf Transcaucasian federation (de facto)
legislativeProcess multi-ethnic representative assembly
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Tiflis
linked to: Tbilisi
politicalIdeology federalism
regionGoverned Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
South Caucasus
replaces Special Transcaucasian Committee
seat Tiflis
linked to: Tbilisi
shortDescription short-lived parliament of Transcaucasia in 1918
significantEvent negotiations with Ottoman Empire at Trabzon
proclamation of Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic
significantPlace Tiflis
linked to: Tbilisi
temporalCoverage World War I

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Azerbaijani National Council precededBy Transcaucasian Sejm