Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1920–25)

The Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (Russian: Киргизская Автономная Социалистическая Советская Республика; Kazakh: Қырғыз Автономиялық Социалистік Кеңес Республикасы, Qyrǵyz Avtonomııalyq Sotsıalıstik Keńes Respýblıkasy) was an autonomous republic within the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic that existed from 26 August 1920 until 15 June 1925 on the territory of the Kazakh Khanate, when it took the name of Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic,[1] based on the autonym Kazakh.

Not to be confused with Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1926–36).
Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic
Киргизская Автономная Социалистическая Советская Республика (Russian)
Қырғыз Автономиялық Социалистік Кеңес Республикасы (Kazakh)
Autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR
1920–1925

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Map of Soviet Central Asia in 1922, indicating the location and extent of the Kirghiz ASSR
CapitalOrenburg
 • TypeAutonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
History 
• Established
1920
• Disestablished
1925
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Kazak Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic
Today part ofKazakhstan
Russia
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Despite the name, it incorporated no part of the future Kyrgyz SSR or modern-day Kyrgyzstan.

References
  1. The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's who. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1991. p. 607.

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