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Encyclopedia > Turkmen SSR
Türkmienistan Soviet Socialistik Riespublikasy
Түркменистан Совет
Социалистик Республикасы


1921 — 1991
Flag Coat of arms
State motto:
Turkmen: Әхли юртларың
пролетарлары, бирлешиң! Ökhli yurtlaryn proletalary, birlishin
Translation: Workers of the world, unite!
Image:SovietUnionTurkmenistan.png
Capital Ashgabat
Official language Turkmen and Russian
Established
In the USSR:
 - Since
 - Until
August 7, 1921

May 30, 1925
October 27, 1991
Area
 - Total
 - Water (%)
Ranked 4th in the USSR
488,100 km²
4.9%
Population
 - Total 
 - Density
Ranked 12th in the USSR
3,522,700 (1989)
7.2/km²
Currency rouble (манат)
Time zone UTC + 5
Anthem Anthem of Turkmen SSR
Medals {{{medals}}}

The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen: Türkmienistan Soviet Socialistik Riespublikasy) was one of fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union. 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. Today it is the independent state of Turkmenistan in Central Asia. Flag of Khoresm Peoples Soviet Republic Khorezm Peoples Soviet Republic (Russian: Хорезмская Народная Советская Республика) was created as the successor to the Khanate of Khiva in February 1920 and officially declared on 26 April 1920. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkmenistan. ... Anthem Independent, Neutral, Turkmenistan State Anthem Capital (and largest city) Ashgabat Official languages Turkmen Recognised regional languages Russian, Uzbek Demonym Turkmen Government Presidential Republic  -  President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow Independence from the Soviet Union   -  Declared 1991-10-27   -  Recognized 1991-12-08  Area  -  Total 488,100 km² (52nd) 188,456 sq mi... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkmen_SSR.svg Flag of the Turkmen SSR. Based on Image:Flag of the Soviet Union. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Flag of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Turkmen SSR on August 1, 1953. ... Coat of arms of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic The coat of arms of the Turkmen SSR was adopted on March 2, 1937 by the government of the Turkmen SSR. The coat of arms is based on the coat of arms of the Soviet Union. ... The USSR State motto is a quotation from Karl Marxs and Friedrich Engels Communist Manifesto, meaning Workers of the world, unite!. It appeared in the language of the Soviet Republics in the USSR Coat of arms, by the reverse order they were mentioned on the Constitution of the USSR... The Coat of Arms of the Soviet Union, with the slogan emblazoned on the ribbons The political slogan Workers of the world, unite!, (German: Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch!) one of the most famous rallying cries of socialism, comes from Karl Marxs and Friedrich Engelss The Communist... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article is about a city that serves as a center of government and politics. ... AÅŸgabat AÅŸgabat AÅŸgabat AÅŸgabat (Turkmen: ; Persian: , UniPers: EÅ¡q-âbâd; Russian: - Ashkhabád) also spelled as Ashgabat, Ashkabat, Ashkhabad, Ashgabad, is the capital city of Turkmenistan, a former Soviet republic. ... is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 150th day of the year (151st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Constitutional order The order they were mentioned in the Constitution of the USSR; also the order in which the motto appeared in the USSR Coat of Arms. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... In physics, density is mass m per unit volume V. For the common case of a homogeneous substance, it is expressed as: where, in SI units: ρ (rho) is the density of the substance, measured in kg·m-3 m is the mass of the substance, measured in kg V is... Constitutional order The order they were mentioned in the Constitution of the USSR; also the order in which the motto appeared in the USSR Coat of Arms. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... ISO 4217 Code SUR User(s) Soviet Union Subunit 1/100 kopek (копейка) Symbol руб kopek (копейка) к Plural rublya (gen. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is a high-precision atomic time standard. ... The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) and its constituent republics each had a national anthem (generally referred as state anthem). ... The Anthem of the Turkmen SSR was the national anthem of Turkmenistan when it was an union republic in the USSR, used from 1946 to 1997 (The lyrics were modified in 12th Apr. ... A Medal can mean three things: a wearable medal awarded by a government for services to a country (such as Armed force service); strictly speaking this only refers to a medal of coin-like appearance, but informally the word also refers to an Order (decoration); a table medal awarded by... Soviet Union administrative divisions, 1989 In its final decades of its existence, the Soviet Union consisted of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics (SSR), often called simply Soviet republics. ... is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (April 30, 1918 – October 27, 1924) was created from the Turkestan Krai of Imperial Russia. ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of Central Asia showing three sets of possible boundaries for the region Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. ...


See also


  Results from FactBites:
 
Turkmenistan - Search View - MSN Encarta (5571 words)
Turkmenistan was formerly the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
The three largest Turkmen tribes are the Tekke in the central part of the country, the Ersary in the southeast, and the Yomud in the west.
Turkmen poet Annasultan Kekilova, for example, was locked away in a mental asylum in 1971 for daring to criticize local party officials in her poetry.
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