Kyrgyz SSR

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Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic
Кыргыз Советтик Социалисттик
Республикасы


1936 — 1991
(In Detail) (In Detail)
State motto:
Kyrgyz: Бардык өлкөлордүн
пролетарлары, бириккиле!
Translation: Workers of the world, unite!
Image:SovietUnionKyrgyzstan.png
Capital Frunze (Bishkek)
Official language Kyrgyz and Russian
Established
In the USSR:
 - Since
 - Until
October 14, 1924

October 14, 1924
August 31, 1991
Area
 - Total
 - Water (%)
Ranked 7th in the USSR
198,500 km²
3.6%
Population
 - Total 
 - Density
Ranked 10th in the USSR
4,257,800 (1989)
21.4/km²
Currency Ruble (сом)
Time zone UTC + 5
Anthem Anthem of Kyrgyz SSR

The Kyrgyz SSR formally known as the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic (alternative transliteration: Kirghiz), also known as Kirgizia, was the name for Kyrgyzstan during most of its time as part of the USSR. Established on 14 October 1924 as the Kara-Kyrgyz AO (Autonomous Oblast) of the Russian SFSR, it was transformed into the Kyrgyz ASSR (Kyrgyz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic) on 1 February 1926, still being a part of the Russian SFSR.

On 5 December 1936 it became a separate constituent republic of the USSR as the Kirgiz Socialist Soviet Republic.

The country declared its independence on 31 August 1991, having been renamed the Republic of Kyrgyzstan a day before.