Autonomous republics of the Soviet Union
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A number of nations had theoretical autonomy within the main Soviet republics and were called Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics, or ASSRs.
Their number and status changed over time. At the dissolution of the Soviet Union they were the following:
Within the Russian SFSR
- Bashkir ASSR, now Bashkortostan
- Buryat ASSR, now Buryatia
- Chechen-Ingush ASSR (1936-1944), (1957-1990), now Chechnya and Ingushetia
- Chuvash ASSR, now Chuvashia
- Dagestan ASSR, now Dagestan
- Kabardino-Balkar ASSR (1936-1944) (1957-1990), renamed Kabardin ASSR (1944-1957), now Kabardino-Balkaria
- Kalmyk ASSR, now Kalmykia
- Karelian ASSR (1923-1940), (1956-1991) now Republic of Karelia
- Komi ASSR, now Komi Republic
- Mari ASSR, now Mari El
- Mordovian ASSR, now Mordovia
- Northern Ossetian ASSR (1936-1990), now North Ossetia-Alania
- Tatar ASSR, now Tatarstan
- Tuva ASSR (1961-1992), now Tuva
- Udmurt ASSR, now Udmurtia
- Yakut ASSR, now Sakha (Yakutia)
Within the Georgian SSR
- Abkhaz ASSR, now Abkhazia
- Adjar ASSR, now Ajaria
Within the Azerbaijan SSR
- Nakhichevan ASSR (1937--?), now Nakhichevan
Within the Uzbek SSR
Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics that had existed at a time, but whose status was different at the dissolution of the Soviet Union were:
Within the Russian SFSR
- Crimean ASSR, now Crimea (October 18, 1921- June 30, 1945)
- Kazakh ASSR (1925-1936), now Kazakhstan
- Kirghiz ASSR (1926-1936), now Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
- Turkestan ASSR (1918-1924), now Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
- Volga German ASSR (1918-1941)
Within the Ukrainian SSR
- Moldavian ASSR (1924--1940), divided in 1940 into the Moldavian SSR and the Ukrainian SSR
Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast was promoted to ASSR status in 1991, in the last years of the Soviet Union, and maintains Republic status in Russia as the Altai Republic.
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Abkhaz ASSR | Adjar ASSR | Bashkir ASSR | Buryat ASSR | Chechen-Ingush ASSR | Chuvash ASSR | Crimean ASSR | Dagestan ASSR | Kabardin ASSR | Kabardino-Balkar ASSR | Kalmyk ASSR | Karakalpak ASSR | Karelian ASSR | Kazakh ASSR | Komi ASSR | Kyrgyz ASSR | Mari ASSR | Moldavian ASSR | Mordovian ASSR | Nakhichevan ASSR | North Ossetian ASSR | Tatar ASSR | Turkestan ASSR | Tuva ASSR | Udmurt ASSR | Volga German ASSR | Yakut ASSR |
