Autonomous republics of the Soviet Union
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A number of nations had autonomy within the main Soviet republics and were called Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics, or ASSRs.
Their number and status changed over time. At the dissolution of the Soviet Union they were the following:
Within the Russian SFSR
- Bashkir ASSR, now Bashkortostan
- Buryat ASSR, now Buryatia
- Chechen-Ingush ASSR (1936-1944), (1957-1990), now Chechnya and Ingushetia
- Chuvash ASSR, now Chuvashia
- Dagestan ASSR, now Dagestan
- Kabardino-Balkar ASSR (1936-1944) (1957-1990), renamed Kabardin ASSR (1944-1957), now Kabardino-Balkaria
- Kalmyk ASSR, now Kalmykia
- Karelian ASSR (1923-1940), (1956-1991) now Republic of Karelia
- Komi ASSR, now Komi Republic
- Mari ASSR, now Mari El
- Mordovian ASSR, now Mordovia
- North Ossetian ASSR (1936-1990), now North Ossetia-Alania
- Tatar ASSR, now Tatarstan
- Tuva ASSR (1961-1992), now Tuva
- Udmurt ASSR, now Udmurtia
- Yakut ASSR, now Sakha (Yakutia)
Within the Georgian SSR
- Abkhaz ASSR, now Abkhazia
- Adjar ASSR, now Ajaria
Within the Azerbaijan SSR
- Nakhichevan ASSR (1937--?), now Nakhichevan
Within the Uzbek SSR
Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics that had existed at a time, but whose status was different at the dissolution of the Soviet Union were:
Within the Russian SFSR
- Crimean ASSR, now Crimea (October 18 1921- June 30 1945)
- Kazakh ASSR (1925-1936)
- Kirghiz ASSR (1926-1936)
- Turkestan ASSR (1918-1924), now Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
- Volga German ASSR (1918-1941)
Within the Ukrainian SSR
- Moldavian ASSR (1924--1941), divided in 1941 into the Moldavian SSR and the Ukrainian SSR
ASSR may also refer to: