Soviet mountain republic
Горская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика | |||||
Gorskaya Sovetskaya Socialist Respublika |
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Autonomous Soviet Mountain Socialist Republic | |||||
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Official language | Russian | ||||
Capital | Vladikavkaz | ||||
surface | 73,000 km² | ||||
population | 800,000 | ||||
Population density | 11 inhabitants per km² | ||||
currency | ruble |
The Autonomous Soviet Socialist Mountain Republic ( Russian: Горская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика ; abbreviation GASSR ) was an autonomous republic within the RSFSR in the Soviet Union . It was the successor to the republic of mountain peoples conquered by the Soviets , the successor states of the GASSR in turn were the Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR , the Karachayevo-Cherkessian AO , the Checheno-Ingush ASSR and the North Ossetian ASSR .
history
The Soviet Mountain Republic was founded on January 20, 1921 and at that time covered an area of more than 73,000 km². The seven national districts of the GASSR had a population of around 800,000. These seven national districts were formed between the years 1921 and 1924 as autonomous oblasts within the republic, from which their successor republics emerged after the reorganization.
Kabardino-Balkaria had already been separated in 1921/22 (the area of the Kabardines on September 1, 1921, the Balkar region on January 16, 1922). After several further reorganizations, the mountain republic finally only comprised the areas of the northern Ossetians and the Ingushes . The GASSR was dissolved on July 7, 1924 , but the individual autonomous oblasts did not become autonomous sub-republics until 1934/36 ( Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic , ASSR).