EXTRACT FROM THE GAZETTE OF THE SITTINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE

EXTRACT FROM THE GAZETTE OF THE SITTINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA

13 March 1919

Heard

The Report by the Chairman of the Government:

a) The Declaration of the Government on Abkhazia

Decided: the representative of the Government shall declare at the opening of the session of the Abkhaz People’s Council that Abkhazia has the full autonomy in its internal affairs and the People’s Council is authorized to carry out the administration of Abkhazia and the concrete separation of power will be determined by the Constitution.

Chairman of the Government – N. Zhordania

Head of Administration of the Government – K. Japaridze

Assistant to the Secretary – Lomtatidze

Authentic with original – clerk (signed)

(Central State Historical Archive of Georgia, f. 1891, desc. 1, file 211, p. 93)