Third Group მესამე დასი | |
|---|---|
| Founders | Egnate Ninoshvili and Mikhail Tskhakaya |
| Founded | 1892 |
| Dissolved | September 1924 |
| Preceded by | Second Group |
| Newspaper | Kvali |
| Ideology | Social democracy Marxism |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| National affiliation | Social Democratic Party of Georgia (until 1893) Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (since August 1903) |
Mesame Dasi (Georgian: მესამე დასი) was the first social-democratic party in the Caucasus, based in Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1892 by Egnate Ninoshvili and M. G. Tskhakaya as a literary-political group, and became affiliated with the international socialist-Marxist movement in 1893. The name, meaning "third group," was coined by Giorgi Tsereteli during his speech at the funeral for Ninoshvili and it was printed in the newspaper Kvali.[1]