Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Autonomous republic within the Soviet Union

Якутская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика (Russian)
Саха автономнай сэбиэскэй социалистическэй республиката (Yakut)

ASSR of the Russian SFSR

Flag (1978–1991)

Coat of arms

Capital

Yakutsk

Demonym

• Created

1922

• Abolished

1991

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Yakutsk Oblast

Sakha Republic

The Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Russian: Якутская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика, romanized: Yakutskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika; Yakut: Саха автономнай сэбиэскэй социалистическэй республиката, romanized: Saxa avtonomnay sebieskey sotsialistiçyeskey ryespublikata^[a]), also known as Soviet Sakha, Soviet Yakutia or the Yakut ASSR (Russian: Якутская АССР, Yakutskaya ASSR), was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union.^[1]

History

It was created on 27 April 1922,^{[citation needed]} during the Yakut revolt, and was transformed into the Sakha Republic in 1991.^[1]

Notes

^ In the Novgorodov Alphabet: saqa aptanꭣmnaj sebꭡskej sessꭡli:skej ꭢrꭢspy:bylykete

References

^ ^a ^b Sidorova, Evgeniia; Rice, Roberta (August 26, 2020). "Being Indigenous in an Unlikely Place: Self-Determination in the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1920-1991)". The International Indigenous Policy Journal. 11 (3): 1–18. doi:10.18584/iipj.2020.11.3.8269. ISSN 1916-5781.

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