Khorezm People's Soviet Republic

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Khorezm People's Soviet Republic
(1920–1924)
خوارزم خلق شورالر جمهوریتی
خارەزم خەلق شورالەر جۇمھۇرییەتى
Xorazm xalq sho'ro jumhuriyati
 (Uzbek)

Хорезмская Народная Советская Республика (Russian)
Khorezm Socialist Soviet Republic
(1923–1924)
خارەزم ئیجتیماعیی شورالەر جۇمھۇرییەتى
Xorazm ijtimoiy sho'ro jumhuriyati
 (Uzbek)

Хорезмская Социалистическая Советская Республика (Russian)
1920–1924
Flag of Khiva 1920-1923.svg
Flag
Emblem of the Khorezm People's Soviet Republic (1922-23).svg
Emblem (1922–23)
Emblem of the Khorezm People's Soviet Republic (1923-25).svg
Emblem (1923–24)
Motto:  Butun dunyo proletarlari, birlashingiz!
"Proletarians of all countries, unite!"
Soviet Union - Khorezm PSR (1922).svg
The Khorezm People's Soviet Republic in 1922
Capital Khiva
Common languages Russian, Uzbek, Turkmen, Karakalpak
Religion
Government Socialist republic
Chairman 
 1920−1921 (first)
Palvanniyaz Khodja Yusupov
 1924 (last)
Sultan-Kary Dzhumaniyazov
Historical era Interwar period
 Abdication of Sayid Abdullah
2 February 1920
 Republic established
26 April 1920
 Part of USSR
27 October 1924
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Flag of the Khanate of Khiva.svg Khanate of Khiva
Uzbek SSR Flag of Uzbek SSR (1925-1926).svg
Turkmen SSR Flag of Turkmen SSR (1925).svg
Karakalpak AO Flag of Karakalpak ASSR (1934-1937).svg
Today part of Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
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Khorezm Socialist Soviet Republic

The Khorezm People's Soviet Republic [lower-alpha 1] was the state created as the successor to the Khanate of Khiva in February 1920, when the Khan abdicated in response to pressure. It was officially declared by the First Khorezm Kurultay (Assembly) on 26 April 1920. On 20 October 1923, it was transformed into the Khorezm Socialist Soviet Republic [lower-alpha 2] . [1]

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500-roubles coin of 1920–21
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Postage stamp of 1922

On 27 October 1924 the Khorezm SSR was divided between the Uzbek and Turkmen SSRs and the Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast as part of the delimitation of Central Asia according to nationalities. [2] The history of this short-lived republic remains murky and the way its government functioned is not largely clear. The government officials fervently opposed the delimitation plans of the Khorezmian Republic (which had to be carried out under Stalin’s orders) but in the end they were forced to concede.

Politics

Political leaders

  Denotes Acting leader
NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotes
Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee
Mulla Dzhumaniyaz Sultanmuradov2 February 192026 April 1920 Communist Party of Khorezm
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Assembly (Kurultoy) of People's Representatives
Palvanniyaz Khodja Yusupov 26 April 19206 March 1921 Communist Party of Khorezm
Dzhabbarbergen Kuchkarov6 March 192115 May 1921 Communist Party of Khorezm Continued as supreme authority to 23 May 1921
Khudaybergen Divanov15 May 192123 May 1921 Communist Party of Khorezm
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee
Madrakhim Allabergenov23 May 19215 September 1921 Communist Party of Khorezm
Mulla Ata-Maksum Madrakhimov5 September 192127 November 1921 Communist Party of Khorezm
Yangibay Muradov27 November 192123 July 1922 Communist Party of Khorezm
Abdulla Khodzhayev "Khadzhi Baba"23 July 192220 October 1922 Communist Party of Khorezm 1st term
Atadzhan Safayev20 October 192226 March 1923 Communist Party of Khorezm
Abdulla Khodzhayev "Khadzhi Baba"March 192320 October 1923 Communist Party of Khorezm 2nd term
Karim Safayev20 October 192326 March 1924 Communist Party of Khorezm
Mukhamed Abdusalyamov17 January 192419 February 1924 Communist Party of Khorezm
Sultan-Kary Dzhumaniyazov26 March 192417 September 1924 Communist Party of Khorezm 1st term
Nedirbay Aytakov17 September 192427 October 1924 Communist Party of Khorezm
Sultan-Kary DzhumaniyazovOctober 192423 November 1924 Communist Party of Khorezm 2nd term

Geography

The Khorezm People's National Republic bordered on the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to the north and to the south, and on the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic to the east. Its western border was a rough continuation of the western coast of Aral Sea, bordering on what was then the Kirghiz ASSR (today's western Kazakhstan). It had an area of 62,200 km2 (24,000 sq mi) and a population of more than 600,000 people, mainly Uzbeks (62.5%), Turkmens (28.6%), Kazakhs (3.5%), and Karakalpaks (3.0%). Its capital was Khiva. [1]

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References

  1. pre-1921 orthography: خوارزم خلق شورالر جمھوریتی
    1921-1926 orthography: Uzbek: خارەزم خەلق شورالەر جۇمھۇرىيەتى, romanized: Xorazm xalq sho'ro jumhuriyati; Russian:Хорезмская Народная Советская Республика, romanized:Khorezmskaya Narodnaya Sovetskaya Respublika
  2. 1921-1926 orthography: Uzbek: خارەزم ئیجتیماعیی شورالەر جۇمھۇرىيەتى, romanized: Xorazm ijtimoiy sho'ro jumhuriyati; Russian: Хорезмская Социалистическая Советская Республика, romanized: Khorezmskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Sovetskaya Respublika
  1. 1 2 Khorezm People's Soviet Republic: Big Soviet Encyclopedia on-line edition. (in Russian)
  2. Погорельский И.В. История Хивинской революции и Хорезмской народной советской республики 1917–1924 гг., Ленинград: Изд-во ЛГУ, 1984