Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
Encyclopedia : T : TU : TUR : Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
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| State motto: Әхли юртларың пролетарлары, бирлешиң! | |||||
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| Official language | None. De facto, Turkmen and Russian. | ||||
| Capital | Ashkhabad | ||||
| Chairman of the Supreme Council | Saparmurat Niyazov (at independence) | ||||
| Established In the USSR: - Since - Until | August 7 1921 December 30 1922 October 27 1991 | ||||
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 4th in the USSR 488,100 km² -- | ||||
| Population - Total (1989) - Density | Ranked 12th in the USSR 3,522,700 7.2/km² | ||||
| Currency | Ruble (Манат) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC + 5 | ||||
| Anthem | Anthem of Turkmen SSR | ||||
The Turkmen SSR was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union until 1991 when it declared independence as Turkmenistan. It was initially established on August 7 1921 as Turkmen Oblast of the Turkestan ASSR. On May 13 1925 it was transformed into Turkmen SSR and became a separate republic of the USSR. On October 27 1991 it declared independence from the USSR and was renamed the Republic of Turkmenistan.
See also
| Armenian SSR | Azerbaijan SSR | Byelorussian SSR | Estonian SSR | Georgian SSR | Kazakh SSR | Kirghiz SSR | Latvian SSR | Lithuanian SSR | Moldavian SSR | Russian SFSR | Tajik SSR | Turkmen SSR | Ukrainian SSR | Uzbek SSR Short-lived Soviet republics: Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940-1956) | Transcaucasian SFSR (1922-1936) |
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