The Karakalpak
Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
An Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR, russian: автономная советская социалистическая республика, АССР) was a type of administrative unit in the Soviet Union (USSR) created for certain natio ...
(Karakalpak ASSR;
Karakalpak: Қарақалпақстан АССР, ''Qaraqalpaqstan ASSR''; uz, Қорақалпоғистон АССР, Qoraqalpog‘iston ASSR; russian: Каракалпакская АССР, ''Karakalpakskaya ASSR'') also known as Soviet Karakalpakstan or simply Karakalpakstan was an autonomous republic of the
Soviet Union
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. Until 20 July 1932, it was called the
Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast
Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast was created on February 19, 1925 by separating lands of the ethnic Karakalpaks from the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and Khorezm People's Soviet Republic.
Initially located within the Kirghiz Auto ...
. On 5 December 1936, it was merged with the
Uzbek SSR
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. It was the only ASSR in
Soviet Central Asia
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(though other ASSRs existed in the region prior to the Karakalpak ASSR's creation, such as the
Tajik ASSR
The Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Tajik ASSR) (russian: Таджикская Автономная Социалистическая Советская Республика) was an autonomous republic within the Uzbek SSR in the Sovi ...
and the
Kirghiz ASSR, both of which were "upgraded" to
union-level republics in 1929 and 1936 respectively).
Its capital was
Nukus
Nukus ( kaa, Nókis / ; uz, Nukus / ; kk, Нүкіс / ) is the sixth-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of the autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan. The population of Nukus as of January 1, 2022 was 329,100. The Amu Darya river passes ...
(until 1939,
Turtkul).
On 14 December 1990, Karakalpak ASSR declared state sovereignty over the Soviet laws.
Uzbekistan
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declared independence on 31 August 1991 after the
events of the failed coup while Karakalpak ASSR was renamed to and re-established as the
Republic of Karakalpakstan
Karakalpakstan, / officially the Republic of Karakalpakstan, / is an autonomous republic of Uzbekistan. It occupies the whole northwestern part of Uzbekistan. The capital is Nukus (' / ). The Republic of Karakalpakstan has an area of , and ...
on 21 December 1991. The Soviet Union was
dissolved on 26 December 1991.
The new constitution was adopted on 8 December 1992, thus making Karakalpakstan as an
autonomous
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republic within Uzbekistan.
Demographics
;Demographic change and ethnic composition of the population of Karakalpakstan according to the data of the 1926-1989 censuses
Flags
File:Flag of Karakalpak ASSR (1934-1937).svg, 1934-1937
File:Flag of Karakalpak ASSR (1937-1941).gif, 1937-1941
File:Flag of Karakalpak ASSR (1941-1952).gif, 1941-1952
File:Flag of Karakalpak ASSR.svg, 1952-1991
See also
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First Secretary of the Karakalpak Communist Party The First Secretary of the Karakalpak regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the Karakalpak AO (1925–1932) in the Kazak ASSR (from July 20, 1930 in the Russian SFSR) and the Karakalp ...
References
States and territories established in 1932
Autonomous republics of the Soviet Union
Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
Former socialist republics
1932 establishments in the Soviet Union
1992 disestablishments in Uzbekistan
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