REGULATIONS ON THE RULES OF
SETTING THE ISSUES RELATED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE-TERRITORIAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE
GEORGIAN SSR
(approved under the
Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR on 17 March 1982)
I.
Creation and abolishment of District, city-district, and
village Soviets and determination and
alteration of their boundaries
1. The districts of republican (Georgian SSR)
subordination shall be created and abolished by the Presidium of the Supreme
Soviet of Georgia upon recommendation by the Council of Ministers of the
Georgian SSR subject to consequent approval by the Supreme Soviet of the
Georgian SSR.
2. The districts and city-districts of
republican (Georgian SSR) subordination in the South Ossetian
Autonomous Oblast shall be created and abolished by the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet of Georgia upon recommendation of the Council of Ministers of
the Republic and of the motion of the executive committees of City Soviets
(republican subordination).
3. The districts and city-districts in the
Abkhaz ASSR and the Adjarian ASSR shall be created
and abolished by the Presidiums of the Supreme Soviets of the respective
4. The creation and abolishment of village
Soviets, determination of village administrative centers and their replacement,
as well as determination of their boundaries (except of Abkhaz ASSR, Adjarian ASSR and the South Ossetian
Autonomous Oblast) shall be decided by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of
the Georgian SSR upon recommendation of the Council of Ministers of the
Georgian SSR and the relevant executive committee of city (with district
division) Soviets.
5. In the Abkhaz ASSR, the Adjarian
ASSR and in the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast, the
changes to the administrative-territorial division specified for in Article 4
shall be carried out by the respective Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the
Autonomous Republic and Executive Committee of People’s Soviet of the
Autonomous Oblast upon recommendation of the Council of Ministers of the
Autonomous Republic and the Executive Committee of the People’s Soviet of the
Autonomous oblast accordingly. Such
decisions are subject o consequent approval by the Presidium of the Supreme
Soviet of the Georgian SSR.
(…)
8. The city category, as well as the boundaries
of towns (under subordination of Autonomous Republic) in the Abkhaz ASSR and
the Adjarian ASSR shall be decided by the Presidium
of the Supreme Soviet of the Abkhaz ASSR and the Adjarian
ASSR respectively upon recommendation of the Council of Ministers of the
relevant Autonomous Republic subject to consequent approval of the Presidium of
the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR.
9. Determination of categories of towns,
creation and abolishment of rural settlements in the South Ossetian
Autonomous Oblast shall be vested in the executive committee of the Soviet of
People’s Deputies of the South Ossetian Autonomous
Oblast upon recommendation of the Executive Committee of the Soviet of people’s
Deputies of the Autonomous oblast subject to consequent approval by the
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR.
(…)
11. The status of Republican (Autonomous
Republic) and Oblast subordination may be rendered to the cities that represent
the economic and cultural centers with the developed industry, communal
services, significant housing fund and having more than 30 000 inhabitants, and
for the purpose of their economic and social development it is found reasonable
to be guided by the Republican (Autonomous SSR) and oblast authorities.
In certain cases the Republican (Autonomous
SSR) and oblast subordination may granted to the cities where the number of
population is under 30 000 but they represent the economic and cultural centers
and have the real prospective of increase in a number of inhabitants.
(…)
15. In the Abkhaz ASSR and the Adjarian ASSR the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the
respective Autonomous Oblast shall have the right to name and rename the
districts and cities, city-districts and rural settlements, and giving them the
names of eminent state and public men upon recommendation of the corresponding
executive committee of District and city (under subordination of the Autonomous
Republic) soviets subject to consequent approval by the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR; and the names of rural settlements and of
the villages shall be approved by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the
Abkhaz ASSR and the Adjarian ASSR respectively.
18. Renaming of the settlements that have the
post and telegraph offices and railway stations shall be carried out under preliminary
informing the Ministry of Communication and the Ministry of Roads of the
The presidiums of the Supreme Soviets of the
Abkhaz ASSR and the Adjarian ASSR, the Central
Executive Committee of the South Ossetian Autonomous
oblast, and the executive committees of district and city Soviets (of the
republican subordination /Georgian SSR/), before submitting the recommendations
on renaming the residential areas having the railway stations and post and
telegraph, shall agree such renaming with the Ministry of Communications and
the Department of Trans-Caucasus Railway of the Georgian SSR.
(…)
22. Naming or renaming of the Collective Farms
and other cooperative organizations in the districts under republican
subordination (Georgian SSR), and giving the names of eminent state-men shall
be carried out by the Council of ministers of the Georgian SSR, in the
Autonomous Republics – by the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic,
and in the Autonomous oblast by the executive committee upon the recommendation
of the meetings of working collectives.
(…)
27. The administrative-territorial entities and
residential areas shall be registered by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of
the Georgian SSR.
(…)
30. The Orders of the Supreme Soviets of the
Abkhaz ASSR and the Adjarian ASSR, the Decisions of
the Executive Committee of the People’s Soviet of the South Ossetian
Autonomous oblast with regard of the issues relating to Articles 3,5,8,9,15 and 28 of this Regulation shall come into force
after they have been published in the “Messenger of the Supreme Soviet of the
Georgian SSR”.
(The Book of Georgian Laws, Vol. I. Tbilisi,
1985, p. 101-107)