North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

The North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Ossetian: Цӕгат Ирыстоны Автономон Советон Социалистон Республикӕ, romanized: Tsagât Ireštone Âvtonomon Šovêton Šotsiâlišton Rêšpublika; Russian: Северо-Осетинская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика) was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union. It existed from 5 December 1936 until 9 November 1993, when it became the Republic of North Ossetia (since 1994 the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania), a federal subject of Russia.^[1]

North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Цӕгат Ирыстоны ACCP (Ossetian) Северо-Осетинская АССР (Russian)
ASSR of the Russian SFSR Republic of the Russian Federation
5 December 1936–9 November 1993
Flag Emblem
Capital	Vladikavkaz
Demonym	North Ossetian Ossetian
• Type	Soviet republic
History
• Established	5 December 1936
• Disestablished	9 November 1993
Preceded by Succeeded by North Ossetian Autonomous Oblast North Ossetia–Alania
Today part of	Russia  · North Ossetia–Alania

History

In 1990 the North Ossetian ASSR declared itself independent as part of rising ethnic conflict with Ingushetia.^[2] Originally part of the Ingush territory was transferred to North Ossetia in 1944, bringing with it thousands of Ingush people, and with the dissolution of the Soviet Union conflicts began.^[3][4]

During the summer and early autumn of 1992, there was a steady increase in the militancy of Ingush nationalists. At the same time, there was a steady increase in incidents of organized harassment, kidnapping and rape against Ingush inhabitants of North Ossetia by their Ossetian neighbors, police, security forces, and militia. This would eventually lead to the Ossetian–Ingush Conflict.^[5]

Population

Year	Population	Source
1939	329 205[6]	1939 Soviet census
1959	450 581[7]	1959 Soviet census
1970	552 581[8]	1970 Soviet census
1979	596 921[9]	1979 Soviet census
1989	634 009[10]	1989 Soviet census

See also

• First Secretary of the North Ossetian Communist Party

References

1. Северная Осетия: Этнополитические процессы, 1990-1994 гг.: Очерки. Документы. Хроника. Vol. 1. Центр по изучению межнациональных отношений Института этнологии и антропологии им. Н.Н. Миклухо-Маклая Российской академии наук. 1995. p. 179. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
2. Lynn-Jones, Sean M.; Motley, Karen (1997). Managing Conflict in the Former Soviet Union: Russian and American Perspectives. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-51093-6.
3. Wixman (2017-07-28). Peoples of the USSR: An Ethnographic Handbook. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-47540-0.
4. Radio Liberty Research Bulletin. Indiana University: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 1982.
5. Russia, the Ingush-Ossetian conflict in the Prigorodnyi region. New York: Human Rights Watch. 1996. ISBN 1-56432-165-7. OCLC 38494937.
6. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1939 г." Archived from the original on 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
7. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1959 г." Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
8. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1970 г." Archived from the original on 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
9. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г." Archived from the original on 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
10. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г." Archived from the original on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2010-10-09.

External links

• A People Reborn: The Story of North Ossetia, 1954.