Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Туркестанская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Autonomous Republic of Russian SFSR ← 1918–1924 →   → Flag Map of Soviet Central Asia in 1922 Capital Tashkent History  - Established April 30 1918  - Disestablished October 27 1924

Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (initially Turkestan Socialist Federative Republic) (April 30, 1918 – October 27, 1924) was created from the Turkestan Krai of Imperial Russia. Its capital was Tashkent, population about 5,000,000.

Date	Name
01 !30 Apr 1918	Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Republic (constitution adopted 15 Oct 1918)
02 !24 Sep 1920	Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
03 !30 Dec 1922	Turkestan A.S.S.R. part of Soviet Union (within Russian S.F.S.R.)
04 !27 Oct 1924	Dissolved

Upon dissolution, it was split into Turkmen SSR (now Turkmenistan), Uzbek SSR (now Uzbekistan) with the Tajik ASSR (now Tajikistan), Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast (now Kyrgyzstan), and Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast (now Karakalpakstan).^{[citation needed]}

Turksovnarkom

Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars ("Turksovnarkom")

Initial Date	Final Date	Name
15 Nov 1917	30 Apr 1918	Fyodor Ivanovich Kolesov
30 Apr 1918	Jun 1918	Pyotr Alekseyevich Kobozev
Jun 1918	5 Oct 1918	Fyodor Ivanovich Kolesov
23 Oct 1918	19 Jan 1919	Vladislav Damyanovich Figelskiy
30 Mar 1918	Mar 1920	Karp Yeliseyevich Sorokin
19 Sep 1920	1922	Kaikhaziz Sardarovich Atabayev
1922	12 Jan 1924	Turor Risqulovich Risqulov
12 Jan 1924	27 Oct 1924	Shah Ahmad Islamov

See also

• Basmachi
• Soviet Central Asia
• U.S.S.R.

References

• Uzbekistan on World Statesmen.org website accessed 23 July 2009