Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast

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Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast

Кара-Кыргыз өзэркин облусу

Autonomous oblast of the Russian SFSR

1924–1926

Map of the Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast' (formerly the Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast') in 1925, the Murghob District was part of the Kara-Kyrgyz Autonomous Oblast.

Capital

Pishpek

Historical era

Colonization period

• Creation of Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast

14 October 1924

• renamed as Kirghiz AO

15 May 1925

• reorganized as Kirghiz ASSR

1 February 1926

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1926–1936)

The Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast,^[a] abbreviated as Kara-Kirghiz AO^[b] or KAO^[c] in the former region of Soviet Central Asia, was created on 14 October 1924 within the Russian SFSR from the predominantly Kyrgyz part of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. On 15 May 1925 it was renamed the Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast. On 1 February 1926^[1] it was reorganized into the Kirghiz ASSR (not to be confused with the other Kirghiz ASSR, the original name of the Kazakh ASSR). On 5 December 1936 it became the Kirghiz SSR, one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union.

Etymology

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Kara-Kirghiz is a former name for the Kyrgyz or Kirghiz people that literally means "the black Kyrgyz", in reference to the colour of the tents the nomads used.^[2]

Notes

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↑ Russian: Кара-Киргизская автономная область; Kyrgyz: Кара-Кыргыз өзэркин облусу, romanized: Kara-Kyrgyz özerkin oblusu
↑ Russian: Кара-Киргизская АО; Kyrgyz: Кара-Кыргыз АО
↑ Russian: КАО; Kyrgyz: КӨО, romanized: KÖO

References

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↑ "Kyrgyzstan", in A Political Chronology of Central, South and East Asia (Europa Publications, 2001) pp. 182-183.
↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kirghiz" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 827–829.

v t e Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union
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