| Khorezm People's Soviet Republic Хорезмская Народная Советская Республика |
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| Khorezm (Khwarezmian) P. S. R. within Soviet Central Asia in 1922 | ||||
| Capital | Khiva | |||
| Language(s) | Uzbek | |||
| Religion | Sunni Islam, Sufism (Naqshbandi), Judaism | |||
| Government | Socialist republic | |||
| Chairman | ||||
| - 1920–1921 | Hoji Pahlavon Niyoz Yusuf | |||
| - 1924–1925 | Temurkhoja Yaminoghli | |||
| Historical era | Interwar period | |||
| - Abdication of Sayid Abdullah, last Khan of Khiva | 2 February 1920 | |||
| - Established | 26 April 1920 1920 | |||
| - National delimination of Soviet Central Asia | 17 February 1925 1925 | |||
Khorezm People's Soviet Republic (Russian: Хорезмская Народная Советская Республика, Khorezmskaya Narodnaya Sovetskaya Respublika) was created as the successor to the Khanate of Khiva in February 1920, when the khan abdicated in response to popular pressure, and officially declared by the First Khorezm Kurultay (Assembly) on 26 April 1920. On 20 October 1923, it was transformed into the Khorezm Socialist Soviet Republic (Russian: Хорезмская Социалистическая Советская Республика, Khorezmskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Sovetskaya Respublika).[1]
The Khorezm SSR only survived until 17 February 1925, when it was divided between Uzbek SSR, Turkmen SSR, and Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast as part of the delimitation of Central Asia according to nationalities.
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The Khorezm People's National Republic bordered on the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to the north and to the south and on the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic to the east. Its western border was a rough continuation of the western coast of Aral Sea, bordering on what was then the Kirghiz ASSR (today's western Kazakhstan). It had an area of 62,200 km2 (24,000 sq mi) and a population of more than 600,000 people, mainly Uzbeks-62,5%, Turkmens-28,6%, Karakalpaks-3,0%, and Kazakhs-3,5%. Its capital was Khiva.[1]