Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic

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Кыргыз Советтик Социалисттик Республикасы
Киргизская Советская Социалистическая Республика
Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic
Flag of the Kyrgyz SSR
Coat of arms of the Kyrgyz SSR
flag coat of arms
Official language officially none; de facto Kyrgyz and Russian
Capital Frunze (today Bishkek )
surface 198,500 km²
population 4,257,800
Population density 21.4 inhabitants per km²
Time zone UTC + 5
Soviet Union - Kirghiz SSR.svg

The Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic, or in short: Kyrgyz SSR or KiSSR (sometimes also referred to as SSR Kyrgyzstan ) was a union republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics until Kyrgyzstan gained independence in 1991 .

development

It was founded on December 5, 1936 , on the basis of the second Kyrgyz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Kyrgyz ASSR), which had previously existed since February 1, 1926, and which in turn was part of the Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic (RSFSR). The region was declared a Kara-Kyrgyz Autonomous Oblast on October 24, 1924 , as part of the then Turkestan ASSR .

On August 31, 1991 the republic declared its independence under the new name Republic of Kyrgyzstan. In 1993 it was renamed the Kyrgyz Republic .

population

Residents :

1926 1939 1959 1970 1979 1989
1,002,000 1,458,000 2,065,837 2,932,805 3,529,030 4,257,755

Ethnic groups :

The majority of the population were Kyrgyz . Many other and different minorities lived here through deportations. In 1990 about 100,000 Kyrgyz Germans lived here .

literature

  • Kazy Dikambaevich Dikambaev : Kirghizia. Complete transformation of former backward colony . Soviet Booklets, London 1960, ( The fifteen Soviet Socialist Republics today and tomorow K.), ( Soviet Booklet 60).

Web links

Commons : Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Minorities in Kyrgyzstan ( Memento from June 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive )