Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

The Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,^[a] abbreviated as Tatar 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.

Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Татарская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика (Russian) Татарстан Автономияле Совет Социалистик Республикасы (Tatar)
ASSR of the Russian SFSR
1920–1990
Flag (1981–1990) Coat of arms
Tatar A.S.S.R. (Green) U.S.S.R. (Dark Grey)
Capital	Kazan
History
• Established	1920
• Disestablished	1990
Preceded by Succeeded by Kazan Governorate Tatarstan

Map of Tatar A.S.S.R. In 1928

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.

• 1920: Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
• 1990: Tatar Soviet Socialist Republic
• 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
• First Secretary of the Tatarstan Communist Party

Notes

1. Russian: Татарская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика, romanized: Tatarskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Socialisticheskaya Respublika; Tatar: Татарстан Автономияле Совет Социалистик Республикасы, romanized: Tatarstan Avtonomiyale Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikası
2. Russian: Татарская АССР, romanized: Tatarskaya ASSR; Tatar: Татарстан АССР, romanized: Tatarstan ASSR
3. Russian: ТАССР, romanized: TASSR; Tatar: ТАССР, romanized: TASSR

References

1. "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.
2. "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. Retrieved 2021-12-30.

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