Khorezm People's Soviet Republic

Khorezm People's Soviet Republic was a state in Transoxiana and Khwarazm (Central and North Asia) that lasted from 1920 to 1924 CE, about 4 years. Its people spoke Turkic languages (Gokturk, Uyghur, Seljuk, Ottoman, Kazakh, Tatar).

The Soviet-backed republic that replaced the Khanate of Khiva. Its territory was divided among the Uzbek and Turkmen republics in 1924.

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Facts

Dates

1920 to 1924 CE

Duration

4 years

Type

State

Region

Transoxiana and Khwarazm, Central and North Asia

Language family

Turkic

Capital

Khiva

Came from

• Khanate of Khiva 1511 to 1920 CE

Became

• Uzbek SSR 1924 to 1991 CE
• Turkmen SSR 1924 to 1991 CE

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 CE
• Mongolian People's Republic 1924 to 1992 CE
• Khanate of Khiva 1511 to 1920 CE
• Emirate of Bukhara 1785 to 1920 CE
• Yakut ASSR and Sakha Republic 1922 CE to the present
• Kazakh SSR 1920 to 1991 CE
• Kirghiz SSR 1924 to 1991 CE
• Uzbek SSR 1924 to 1991 CE
• Turkmen SSR 1924 to 1991 CE
• Xinjiang under the Republic of China 1912 to 1949 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
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia
• Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present, Oceania
• British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE, South Asia

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