The Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Karakalpak ASSR; Karakalpak: Қарақалпақстан АССР, ''Qaraqalpaqstan ASSR''; , Qoraqalpog‘iston ASSR; , ''Karakalpakskaya ASSR''), also known as Soviet Karakalpakstan or simply Karakalpakstan, was an

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within the

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. Until 20 July 1932, it was called the Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast. On 5 December 1936, it was moved from the

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to the

Uzbek SSR The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (, ), also known as Soviet Uzbekistan, the Uzbek SSR, UzSSR, or simply Uzbekistan and rarely Uzbekia, was a union republic of the Soviet Union. It was governed by the Uzbek branch of the Soviet Communist P ...

. It was the only ASSR in Soviet Central Asia (though other ASSRs existed in the region prior to the Karakalpak ASSR's creation, such as the Tajik ASSR and the Kirghiz ASSR, both of which were "upgraded" to union-level republics in 1929 and 1936 respectively). Its capital was Nukus (until 1939, Turtkul). On 14 December 1990, Karakalpak ASSR declared state sovereignty over the Soviet laws.

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declared independence on 31 August 1991 after the events of the failed coup while Karakalpak ASSR was renamed to and re-established as the Republic of Karakalpakstan on 21 December 1991. The Soviet Union was dissolved on 26 December 1991. The new constitution was adopted on 8 December 1992, thus making Karakalpakstan as an

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republic within Uzbekistan.

Demographics

Demographic change and ethnic composition of the population of Karakalpakstan according to the data of the 1926-1989 censuses

Flags

File:Flag of Karakalpak ASSR (1934–1937).svg, 1934-1937 File:Flag of Karakalpak ASSR (1937-1941).gif, 1937-1941 File:Flag of Karakalpak ASSR (1941-1952).gif, 1941-1952 File:Flag of Karakalpak ASSR.svg, 1952-1992

References

States and territories established in 1932 Autonomous republics of the Soviet Union Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Former socialist republics 1932 establishments in the Soviet Union 1992 disestablishments in Uzbekistan Karakalpakstan {{USSR-stub

Demographics

Flags

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