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Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

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Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Каракалпакская АССР (Russian)
Қорақалпоғистон АССР (Uzbek)
Қарақалпақстан АССР (Karakalpak)
1932–1992
Flag of Karakalpak ASSR
Flag
CapitalNukus
GovernmentAutonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Establishment1932
History 
• Established
1932
• Disestablished
1992
Currencyruble
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast
Adjara

The Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Karakalpak ASSR; Karakalpak: Қарақалпақстан АССР; Uzbek: Қорақалпоғистон АССР; Russian: Каракалпакская АССР) was an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union. Until 1932 July 20 it was the Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast. On 1936 December 5 it was joined to the Uzbek SSR. It was the only ASSR in Soviet Central Asia.

Today it corresponds to the autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan within Uzbekistan.

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