Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Conventional long name	Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Native name	Туркестанская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика
Common name	Turkestan ASSR
Subdivision	Autonomous Republic
Nation	Russian SFSR
Year start	1918
Date start	April 30
Year end	1924
Date end	October 27
P1	Russian Turkestan
Flag p1	Flag of Russia.svg
S1	Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
Flag s1	Flag of Uzbek SSR.svg
S2	Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
Flag s2	Flag of Turkmen SSR.svg
Image map caption	Map of Soviet Central Asia in 1922
Capital	Tashkent

(present-day Kazakhstan).]]

Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (initially Turkestan Socialist Federative Republic) (April 30, 1918 – October 27, 1924) was created from the Turkestan Krai of Imperial Russia. Its capital was Tashkent, population about 5,000,000.

{| class="wikitable sortable" !Date !bgcolor=#dddddd|Name |----- | 30 Apr 1918 || Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Republic (constitution adopted 15 Oct 1918) |----- | 24 Sep 1920 || Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic |----- | 30 Dec 1922 || Turkestan A.S.S.R. part of Soviet Union (within Russian S.F.S.R.) |----- | 27 Oct 1924 || Dissolved |----- |}

Upon dissolution, it was split into Turkmen SSR (now Turkmenistan), Uzbek SSR (now Uzbekistan) with the Tajik ASSR (now Tajikistan), Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast (now Kyrgyzstan), and Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast (now Karakalpakstan).

Turksovnarkom

Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars ("Turksovnarkom") {| class="wikitable sortable" !Initial Date !bgcolor=#dddddd|Final Date !bgcolor=#dddddd|Name |----- |15 Nov 1917 || 30 Apr 1918 || Fyodor Ivanovich Kolesov |----- |30 Apr 1918 || Jun 1918 || Pyotr Alekseyevich Kobozev |----- |Jun 1918 || 5 Oct 1918 || Fyodor Ivanovich Kolesov |----- |23 Oct 1918 || 19 Jan 1919 || Vladislav Damyanovich Figelskiy |----- |30 Mar 1918 || Mar 1920 || Karp Yeliseyevich Sorokin |----- |19 Sep 1920 || 1922 || Kaikhaziz Sardarovich Atabayev |----- |1922|| 12 Jan 1924 || Turor Risqulovich Risqulov |----- |12 Jan 1924 || 27 Oct 1924 || Shah Ahmad Islamov |----- |}

See also

Basmachi

Soviet Central Asia

U.S.S.R.

References

Uzbekistan on World Statesmen.org website accessed 23 July 2009

Category:Autonomous republics of the Soviet Union Category:Early Soviet republics Category:History of Central Asia Category:States and territories established in 1918 Category:Central Asia Category:History of Uzbekistan Category:History of Kazakhstan Category:History of Turkmenistan Category:History of Tajikistan Category:Geography of Uzbekistan Category:Geography of Kazakhstan Category:Geography of Turkmenistan Category:Geography of Tajikistan