Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

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1920–1990 → Capital Kazan Disestablished 1990		Flag Coat of arms Established 1920 Founded 27 May 1920

Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (TASSR) was part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. It was created on May 27, 1920. Kazan served as its capital.

The territory of the TASSR was a part of Kazan, Simbirsk, and Ufa Governorates (guberniyas) of the Imperial Russia before the October Revolution of 1917.

1918: Idel-Ural State

1920: Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

1990: Tatarstan Soviet Socialist Republic;

1992: Republic of Tatarstan

Persons

Gabdulkhay Akhatov (1927-1986) - professor, a member of the Soviet Committee turkologists, world-renowned scientist in the field of Turkology

Mintimer Shaimiev - politician, the first secretary of the Tatar Regional Committee of the CPSU

References

Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Wikipedia

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