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Name | Turkmen SSR |
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Rus-name | Туркменская Советская Социалистическая Республика |
Loc-name | Түркменистан Совет Социалистик Республикасы |
Full-name | Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic |
Year start | 1921 |
Year end | 1991 |
P1 | Khorezm People's Soviet Republic |
Flag p1 | Flag of Khiva 1920-1923.svg |
P2 | Bukharan People's Soviet Republic |
Flag p2 | Flag of the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic.svg |
P3 | Russian SFSR |
Flag p3 | Flag RSFSR 1918.svg |
S1 | Turkmenistan |
Flag s1 | Flag of Turkmenistan (1992-1997).svg |
Flag | Flag of Turkmen SSR.svg |
Arms | Coat of arms of Turkmen SSR.png |
Map | SovietUnionTurkmenistan.png |
Capital | Ashgabat |
Language | Turkmen and Russian |
Lang-iso | tk |
Established | August 7, 1921 |
Ussr-start | May 13, 1925 |
Ussr-end | December 25, 1991 |
Area-rank | 4th |
Area | 488,100 |
Water | 4.9% |
Pop-rank | 12th |
Pop | 3,522,700 (1989) |
Density | 7.2 |
Time-zone | + 5 |
Anthem | Anthem of Turkmen SSR |
Medals | Order of Lenin |
The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic ( Türkmenistan Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikasy; Turkmenskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), also known as the Turkmen SSR for short, was one of republics of the Soviet Union in Central Asia. It was initially established on 7 August 1921 as the Turkmen Oblast of the Turkestan ASSR. On 13 May 1925 it was transformed into Turkmen SSR and became a separate republic of the USSR. In 1991, the Turkmen SSR became independent and was renamed Turkmenistan.
Under Soviet rule, all religious beliefs were attacked by the communist authorities as superstition and "vestiges of the past." Most religious schooling and religious observance were banned, and the vast majority of mosques were closed. An official Muslim Board of Central Asia with a headquarters in Tashkent was established during World War II to supervise Islam in Central Asia. For the most part, the Muslim Board functioned as an instrument of propaganda whose activities did little to enhance the Muslim cause. Atheist indoctrination stifled religious development and contributed to the isolation of the Turkmen from the international Muslim community. Some religious customs, such as Muslim burial and male circumcision, continued to be practiced throughout the Soviet period, but most religious belief, knowledge, and customs were preserved only in rural areas in "folk form" as a kind of unofficial Islam not sanctioned by the state-run Spiritual Directorate. Turkimenstan received independence from the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991.
Category:Soviet republics Category:History of Turkmenistan Category:States and territories established in 1921
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