Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

The Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Karakalpak ASSR; Karakalpak: Қарақалпақстан АССР, Qaraqalpaqstan ASSR; Uzbek: 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. Until 20 July 1932, it was called the Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast. On 5 December 1936, it was merged with the Uzbek SSR. It was the only ASSR in Soviet Central Asia (though other ASSRs existed in the region prior to the Karakalpak ASSR's creation, such as the Tajik ASSR and the Kirghiz ASSR, both of which were "upgraded" to union-level republics in 1929 and 1936 respectively).

Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Каракалпакская АССР  (Russian)
Қорақалпоғистон АССР  (Uzbek)
Қарақалпақстан АССР  (Karakalpak)
Autonomous republic of the Uzbek SSR
1932–1991
CapitalNukus
 • TypeAutonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
History 
• Established
1932
• Sovereignty declared
14 December 1990
21 December 1991
• Soviet Union dissolved
25 December 1991
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast
Karakalpakstan

Its capital was Nukus (until 1939, Turtkul).

On 1 November 1989, Karakalpak ASSR declared state sovereignty over the Soviet laws. Uzbekistan declared independence.

See also
  • First Secretary of the Karakalpak Communist Party

References


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