Turkmen SSR

Turkmen SSR was a state in Transoxiana and Khwarazm (Central and North Asia) that lasted from 1924 to 1991 CE, about 67 years. Its people spoke Turkic languages (Gokturk, Uyghur, Seljuk, Ottoman, Kazakh, Tatar).

A Soviet republic of desert and oases, crossed by the Karakum Canal from the Amu Darya and sitting on huge gas reserves. An earthquake destroyed Ashgabat in 1948.

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Facts

Dates

1924 to 1991 CE

Duration

67 years

Type

State

Region

Transoxiana and Khwarazm, Central and North Asia

Language family

Turkic

Capital

Ashgabat

Came from

• Turkestan ASSR 1918 to 1924 CE
• Khorezm People's Soviet Republic 1920 to 1924 CE

Became

• Turkmenistan 1991 CE to the present

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

• 1931 Kazakh famine
• 1957 Sputnik launched from Baikonur
• 1960 The Aral Sea begins to shrink
• 1991 Central Asian republics become independent

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 CE
• Mongolian People's Republic 1924 to 1992 CE
• Russian Federation 1991 CE to the present
• Kazakhstan 1991 CE to the present
• Uzbekistan 1991 CE to the present
• Yakut ASSR and Sakha Republic 1922 CE to the present
• Xinjiang under the People's Republic 1949 CE to the present
• Kazakh SSR 1920 to 1991 CE
• Kirghiz SSR 1924 to 1991 CE
• Uzbek SSR 1924 to 1991 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• 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
• Indonesia 1945 CE to the present, Southeast Asia
• Empire of Japan 1868 to 1947 CE, East Asia

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