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Formation of the Turkestan ASSR and Soviet national delimitation (1917–1936)

Formation of the Turkestan ASSR and Soviet national delimitation (1917–1936)

  1. Bolsheviks seize power; new Central Asian contest

    Labels: Bolsheviks, Central Asia

  2. Kokand declares the Turkestan Autonomy

    Labels: Kokand Autonomy, Muslim reformers

  3. Turkestan Soviet Republic proclaimed in Tashkent

    Labels: Turkestan Soviet, Tashkent

  4. Turkestan ASSR constitution adopted

    Labels: Turkestan ASSR, Constitution

  5. Khorezm People’s Soviet Republic proclaimed

    Labels: Khorezm PSR, Khiva

  6. Kazakh (then “Kirghiz”) ASSR established

    Labels: Kazakh ASSR, Russian SFSR

  7. Bukharan People’s Soviet Republic proclaimed

    Labels: Bukharan PSR, Bukhara

  8. USSR formed; Central Asia remains multi-unit

    Labels: USSR, Central Asia

  9. Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast created

    Labels: Kara-Kirghiz AO, Kyrgyz

  11. Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast created

    Labels: Karakalpak AO, Karakalpak

  12. Kara-Kirghiz AO renamed the Kirghiz AO

    Labels: Kirghiz AO, Ethnonym change