Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Qrьm ASSR
Крымская АССР
Crimean ASSR
ASSR of the Russian SFSR and Ukrainian SSR

 

 

1921—1945
1991—1992

 

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Capital Simferopol
Government Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
History
 - Established October 18, 1921
 - Crimean Oblast June 30, 1945
 - Re-established February 12, 1991
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Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Modern Crimean Tatar: Qırım Muhtar Sotsialist Sovet Cumhuriyeti; Official Crimean Tatar name (Uniform Turkic Alphabet): Qrьm Avonomjalь Sotsialist Sovet Respublikasь; Russian: Крымская Автономная Социалистическая Советская Республика - Krymskaya Avtonomnaya Socialisticheskaya Sovetskaya Respublika) was created on October 18, 1921 as Crimean Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic of RSFSR in place of Taurida Governorate and within the Crimean Peninsula, with its capital being Simferopol. The official languages were Crimean Tatar and Russian. On December 5, 1936 by the VIII Extraordinary Congress of Soviets of USSR the republic was renamed into the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.[1]

A significant part of its population were Crimean Tatars, who were stripped of their property and civil rights and forcibly resettled to Central Asia in 1944.[2] (Their constitutional rights were restored in 1967.) However, they were not allowed to return until the last days of the Soviet Union.

On June 30, 1945 by the decree of the both Presidiums of the Supreme Soviet of USSR and the Supreme Soviet of RSFSR (published on May 26, 1946) it was converted into the Crimean Oblast of RSFSR, which was transferred to Ukrainian SSR in 1954.[3]

Following a referendum held on January 20, 1991 the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was reestablished on February 12, 1991 by the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR.[4] Today it is officially named the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

Contents

Chairmen of Revkom

Leaders of Republican Council

Central Executive Committee
Supreme Soviet
after fall of Soviet Union

Heads of Government

Soviet of People's Commissars was created by the I session of Central Executive Committee
Soviet of Ministers

Main Chekists

Cheka
Crimea GPU
Merged GPU
OGPU
Directorate of NKVD
NKVD

References

  1. ^ Handbook of history of Communist Party and Soviet Union
  2. ^ Subtelny, Orest (2000). Ukraine: A History. University of Toronto Press. p. 483. ISBN 0-8020-8390-0. 
  3. ^ "The Transfer of Crimea to Ukraine". International Committee for Crimea. July 2005. http://www.iccrimea.org/historical/crimeatransfer.html. Retrieved March 25, 2007. 
  4. ^ "Day in history - 20 January" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. January 8 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070930034959/http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1991/499101.shtml. Retrieved August 6, 2007.