Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
The Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Russian: Татарская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика; Tatar: Татарстан Автономияле Совет Социалистик Республикасы), abbreviated as Tatar ASSR (Russian: Татарская АССР; Tatar: Татарстан АССР) or TASSR (Russian: ТАССР; Tatar: ТАССР) (1920–1990) was part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. It was created on May 27, 1920. Kazan served as its capital.
| Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |||||||
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| Autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR | |||||||
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 Tatarstan within the borders of today's Russian Federation | |||||||
| Capital | Kazan | ||||||
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• Established | 1920 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||
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The territory of the TASSR was a part of Kazan, Simbirsk, and Ufa Governorates (guberniyas) of the Imperial Russia before the October Revolution of 1917.
- 1920: Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
- 1990: Tatar Soviet Socialist Republic
- 1992: Republic of Tatarstan
Notable people
- Gabdulkhay Akhatov (1927-1986) - professor, a member of the Soviet Committee turkologists, world-renowned scientist in the field of Turkology
- Sofia Gubaidulina - composer
- Mintimer Shaimiev - politician, the first secretary of the Tatar Regional Committee of the CPSU
See also
- 1921–1922 famine in Tatarstan
- Communist Party of the Republic of Tatarstan
- First Secretary of the Tatarstan Communist Party
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1 Buryat–Mongol until 1958. 2 Kazak ASSR was called Kirghiz ASSR until 1925 3 Autonomous Republic since 1920 4Autonomous Republic since 1923 | ||||||||