Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
| Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |||||||||
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| ASSR of the Russian SFSR de facto Associated state of the Russian Federation | |||||||||
| 1920–1992 | |||||||||
Tatar ASSR (red) | |||||||||
| Capital | Kazan | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 27 May 1920 | ||||||||
• Sovereignty declared | 30 August 1990 | ||||||||
• Renamed to the Republic of Tatarstan | 16 May 1992 | ||||||||
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The Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,[a] abbreviated as Tatar ASSR, Tatarstan ASSR[b] or TASSR,[c] was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR. The resolution for its creation was signed on 27 May 1920 and the republic was proclaimed on 25 June 1920.[1][2] Kazan served as its capital.
The territory of the TASSR was a part of Kazan, Simbirsk, and Ufa Governorates (or gubernias) of the Imperial Russia before the October Revolution of 1917.
- 27 May 1920: Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
- 30 August 1990: Tatar Soviet Socialist Republic
- 16 May 1992: Republic of Tatarstan
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 – first Russian president (1991–1999)
- Röstäm Yaxin – composer
- Ravil Maganov – chairman of Lukoil (2020–2022)
- Valery Gerasimov – incumbent Russian Chief of General Staff
See also
- 1921–1922 famine in Tatarstan
- Communist Party of the Republic of Tatarstan
- Tatarstan Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Notes
- ^ Russian: Татарская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика, romanized: Tatarskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Socialisticheskaya Respublika; Tatar: Татарстан Автономияле Совет Социалистик Республикасы, romanized: Tatarstan Avtonomiyale Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikası
- ^ Russian: Татарская АССР, romanized: Tatarskaya ASSR; Tatar: Татарстан АССР, romanized: Tatarstan ASSR
- ^ Russian: ТАССР, romanized: TASSR; Tatar: ТАССР, romanized: TASSR
References
- ^ "Congratulation of Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan I.Kh. Ayupova on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the TASSR". Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-12-30.
- ^ "The 100th anniversary of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is a worthy meeting!". Ministry of Land and Property relations of the Republic of Tatarstan. Archived from the original on 2023-02-17. Retrieved 2021-12-30.