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 S1:	Flag of Tatarstan.svg
Flag Type:	Flag (1981–1990)
Image Map Caption:	Tatar A.S.S.R. (Green) U.S.S.R. (Dark Grey)
Capital:	Kazan
Population:	test
Year Start:	1920
Year End:	1990
P1:	Kazan Governorate

The Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as Tatar ASSR or TASSR, 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 (or gubernias) 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)
• Röstäm Yaxin – 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.