UNION TREATY BETWEEN THE
THE SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLUC OF ABKHAZIA
The Government of the Soviet Socialist Republic
of Georgia on the one hand and the Soviet Socialist Republic of Abkhazia on the
other, proceeding from the national unity that exists between the working
classes of Georgia and Abkhazia, and with respect of effective protection of
the interests of both republics, as well as of the interests of the Revolution through the joint effort, decided to conclude
this Treaty; for this purpose the Government of the Soviet Socialist Republic
of Georgia nominated its plenipotentiary representative Sergi
Kavtaradze and the Soviet Socialist Republic of
Abkhazia – Nikoloz Akirtava. The aforementioned
representatives, after submitting the credentials, agreed on the following:
1. The Soviet Socialist Republic of
2. For the purpose of achieving the
aforementioned goals, the both of governments declare united the following
Commissariats:
a) Military
b) Finances
c) Public Economy
d) Post and Telegraph
g) Workers and Peasant Inspectorate
h) Public Commissariat of Justice
i) Maritime transportation
Note: the foreign affairs shall remain fully
within the competence of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Georgia.
2) The Railway shall be under direct
subordination of the Railway Department of the Trans-Caucasus. The foreign trade – under
the subordination of the Trade Department of Georgia,
3) The rules and forms of management of unified
Commissariats shall be decided upon special agreement between the both
governments.
4) In every regional union, namely within the
Federation of the
5) This Agreement shall come into force after
it’s signed.
Plenipotentiary representative
of the
Plenipotentiary Representative
of the Soviet Socialist
(Struggle for Strengthening the
Soviet Power in