Alash Autonomy

Alash Autonomy was a state in Kazakh steppe and Semirechye (Central and North Asia) that lasted from 1917 to 1920 CE, about 3 years. Its people spoke Turkic languages (Gokturk, Uyghur, Seljuk, Ottoman, Kazakh, Tatar).

A Kazakh national government formed by the Alash party under Alikhan Bokeikhanov after the Russian revolution. The Bolsheviks dissolved it in 1920, and most of its leaders died in Stalin's purges.

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Facts

Dates

1917 to 1920 CE

Duration

3 years

Type

State

Region

Kazakh steppe and Semirechye, Central and North Asia

Language family

Turkic

Capital

Semey

Came from

• Russian Kazakh Steppe 1822 to 1917 CE

Became

• Kazakh SSR 1920 to 1991 CE

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Russian Siberia 1582 to 1917 CE
• Russian Turkestan 1867 to 1917 CE
• Khanate of Khiva 1511 to 1920 CE
• Russian Far East and Yakutia 1632 to 1917 CE
• Emirate of Bukhara 1785 to 1920 CE
• Russian Kazakh Steppe 1822 to 1917 CE
• Kazakh SSR 1920 to 1991 CE
• Xinjiang under the Republic of China 1912 to 1949 CE
• Bogd Khanate of Mongolia 1911 to 1924 CE
• Turkestan ASSR 1918 to 1924 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE, Europe
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia
• Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present, Oceania

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