Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Туркестанская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика
Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Autonomous Republic of Russian SFSR
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Map of Soviet Central Asia in 1922
Capital Tashkent
History
 - Established April 30 1918
 - Disestablished October 27 1924

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.

Date 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")

Initial Date Final Date 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

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