Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Explained

Conventional Long Name:	Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Native Name:
Common Name:	Tatar ASSR
Subdivision:	ASSR
Nation:	the Russian SFSR
S1:	Tatarstan
Flag Type:	Flag (1981–1990)
Image Map Caption:	Modern time Tatarstan borders
Capital:	Kazan
Year Start:	1920
Year End:	1990
P1:	Kazan Governorate

The Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Russian: Татарская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика; Tatar: Татарстан Автономияле Совет Социалистик Республикасы), abbreviated as Tatar ASSR (Russian: Татарская АССР; Tatar: Татарстан АССР) or TASSR (Russian: ТАССР; Tatar: ТАССР) (1920–1990), was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR. The resolution for its creation was signed on 27 May 1920 and the republic was proclaimed on 25 June 1920.^{[1] [2]} Kazan served as its capital.

The territory of the TASSR was a part of Kazan, Simbirsk, and Ufa Governorates (guberniyas) of the Imperial Russia before the October Revolution of 1917.

• 1920: Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
• 1990: Tatar Soviet Socialist Republic
• 1992: Republic of Tatarstan

Notable people

• Gabdulkhay Akhatov – professor and Turkologist
• Sofia Gubaidulina – composer
• Chulpan Khamatova – film, theater and TV actress
• Mintimer Shaimiev – politician, the first secretary of the Tatar Regional Committee of the CPSU
• Boris Yeltsin – first Russian president (1991–1999)
• Rustem Yakhin – composer
• Ravil Maganov – chairman of Lukoil (2020–2022)
• Valery Gerasimov – Incumbent Russian Chief of General Staff

See also

• 1921–1922 famine in Tatarstan
• Communist Party of the Republic of Tatarstan
• First Secretary of the Tatarstan Communist Party

Notes and References

1. Web site: Congratulation of Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan I.Kh. Ayupova on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the TASSR. 2021-12-30. Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan. ru.
2. Web site: The 100th anniversary of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is a worthy meeting!. 2021-12-30. Ministry of Land and Property relations of the Republic of Tatarstan. en.