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Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
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1924–1991 | |||||||||||||||
Motto: Бутун дунё пролетарлари, бирлашингиз! (Uzbek)
Butun dunyo proletarlari, birlashingiz! (transliteration) "Proletarians of all nations, unite!" |
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Anthem: Ўзбекистон Совет Социалист Республикасининг давлат мадҳияси
Oʻzbekiston Sovet Sotsialist Respublikasining davlat madhiyasi; "Anthem of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic" |
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![]() Location of Uzbekistan (red) within the Soviet Union
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Status | Soviet Socialist Republic | ||||||||||||||
Capital | Bukhara (1925) Samarkand (1925–1930) Tashkent (1930–1991) |
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Common languages | Official languages: Uzbek · Russian Minority languages: Tajik · Karakalpak · Kazakh · Tatar · Koryo-mar · Bukhori · Dungan · Central Asian Arabic · Parya |
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Demonym(s) | Uzbek Soviet |
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Government | Unitary Marxist-Leninist single-party Soviet socialist republic (1924–1990) Unitary presidential republic (1990–1991) |
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Leader | |||||||||||||||
• 1925–1927 (first)
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Vladimir Ivanov | ||||||||||||||
• 1989–1991 (last)
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Islam Karimov | ||||||||||||||
Premier | |||||||||||||||
• 1924–1937 (first)
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Fayzulla Khodzhayev | ||||||||||||||
• 1990–1990 (last)
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Shukrullo Mirsaidov | ||||||||||||||
Legislature | Supreme Soviet | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
• Succeeds Turkestan ASSR
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27 October 1924 | ||||||||||||||
• Republic proclaimed
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5 December 1924 | ||||||||||||||
• Accession of Karakalpakstan
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5 December 1936 | ||||||||||||||
• State sovereignty declared
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20 June 1990 | ||||||||||||||
• Renamed Republic of Uzbekistan/Independence
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31 August 1991 | ||||||||||||||
• Independence recognized
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25 December 1991 | ||||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||||
1989 | 447,400 km2 (172,700 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||
• 1989
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19,906,000 | ||||||||||||||
Currency | Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR) | ||||||||||||||
Calling code | 7 36/37/436 | ||||||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | UZ | ||||||||||||||
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Today part of | Uzbekistan Tajikistan |
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The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic was a part of the Soviet Union comprised in Central Asia. It's borders encompassed much of the modern day territories of Uzbekistan.
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