The Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as Tatar ASSR or TASSR, was an

autonomous republic An autonomous republic is a type of administrative division similar to a province or state. A significant number of autonomous republics can be found within the successor states of the Soviet Union, but the majority are located within Russia. Ma ...

of the

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. The resolution for its creation was signed on 27 May 1920 and the republic was proclaimed on 25 June 1920.

Kazan Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzanis the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1. ...

served as its capital. The territory of the TASSR was a part of

, Simbirsk, and Ufa Governorates (or '' gubernias'') of the

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before the

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of 1917. *1920: Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic *1990: Tatar Soviet Socialist Republic *1992:

Republic of Tatarstan Tatarstan, officially the Republic of Tatarstan, sometimes also called Tataria, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is a part of the Volga Federal District; and its capital city, capital and largest city i ...

Notable people

* Gabdulkhay Akhatov – professor and Turkologist * Sofia Gubaidulina – composer * Chulpan Khamatova – film, theater and TV actress * Mintimer Shaimiev – politician, the first secretary of the Tatar Regional Committee of the CPSU *

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician and statesman who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1961 to ...

– first Russian president (1991–1999) * Röstäm Yaxin – composer * Ravil Maganov – chairman of Lukoil (2020–2022) *

Valery Gerasimov Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov (born 8 September 1955) is a Russian Army general (Russia), army general serving as the Chief of the General Staff (Russia), Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and First Deputy Ministry of Defen ...

– incumbent Russian Chief of General Staff

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