Kirghiz SSR (Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic) also known as Kirghizia was the name for Kyrgyzstan during its being as the part of USSR. It was established in 1936 as a constituent republic of the USSR, having previously been part of the Russian SFSR. It declared independence in 1991.
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