Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
Kyrgyzstan, 1936–1991. Draft, not yet reviewed
The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirghiz SSR) was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1936 to 1991. Established on 14 October 1924 as the Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast of the RSFSR, it was transformed into the Kirghiz ASSR (Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic) on 1 February 1926, still being a part of the RSFSR. On 5 December 1936, with the adoption of the 1936 Soviet Constitution, it became a separate constituent republic of the USSR as the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic during the final stages of the national delimitation in the Soviet Union. On 30 October 1990, the Kirghiz SSR was renamed to the Socialist Republic of Kyrgyzstan; on 15 December, after declaring its state sovereignty, it was renamed again to the Republic of Kyrgyzstan.
Seat of power: Bishkek
No rulers documented for this era yet.
Culture
- The Kirghiz branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union governed the republic from 1936 until 1990.
- The borders were not drawn along ethnic or linguistic lines, however.
- In 1926, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union renamed the city Frunze, after Bolshevik military leader Mikhail Frunze (1885–1925), who was born there.
- Frunze became the capital of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic in 1936, during the final stages of national delimitation in the Soviet Union.
Picture
Bishkek, formerly known as Pishpek (until 1926), and then Frunze (1926–1991), is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan.
Sources
- Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Wikipedia)
- Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Wikidata)
- About the picture (Wikipedia)
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