1936 Soviet Passport, Georgian Pensioner, Tiflis, Seven Languages

A Soviet internal passport issued April 24, 1936 to Александр Георгиевич Дамхадзе, born 1886 in the village of Mekhi, Georgian SSR. Nationality Georgian, social position pensioner, permanent residence listed as Tiflis — the city renamed Tbilisi that same year. Valid until February 27, 1941. Serial ЖК No. 200577. The seven-language cover includes Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Georgian, Armenian, Azerbaijani in Latin script, and Azerbaijani in Arabic script — a linguistic snapshot of a transitional moment before Stalin standardized the Soviet nationalities onto Cyrillic.

Дамхадзе was fifty years old and already a pensioner when this passport was issued, meaning he had lived through Tsarist Georgia, the brief Georgian Democratic Republic, and Soviet incorporation. The Arabic script on his passport cover would be gone within two years.

Fair to good vintage condition. Cover shows wear and foxing. Interior intact with clear entries and stamps.