Turkistan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic - Definition and Overview

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

In 1924 it was split into Tajik SSR (now Tajikistan), Turkmen SSR (now Turkmenistan), Uzbek SSR (now Uzbekistan), Kara-Kyrgyz Autonomous Oblast (now Kyrgyzstan), and Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast (now Karakalpakstan).

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