Khorezm People's Soviet Republic

The Khorezm People's Soviet Republic [a] 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[b].[1]

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 Khorezm
Flag
Seal
Emblem (1922–23)
Emblem (1923–24)
Motto: Butun dunyo proletarlari, birlashingiz!
"Proletarians of all countries, unite!"
The Khorezm People's Soviet Republic in 1922
The Khorezm People's Soviet Republic in 1922
CapitalKhiva
Common languagesRussian, Uzbek, Turkmen, Karakalpak
Religion
GovernmentSocialist republic
Chairman 
• 1920−1921 (first)
Palvanniyaz Khodja Yusupov
• 1924 (last)
Sultan-Kary Dzhumaniyazov
Historical eraInterwar period
• Abdication of Sayid Abdullah
2 February 1920
• Republic established
26 April 1920
• Part of USSR
27 October 1924
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Khanate of Khiva
Uzbek SSR
Turkmen SSR
Karakalpak AO
Today part ofTurkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Khorezm Socialist Soviet Republic
500-roubles coin of 1920–21
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

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Political leaders

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  Denotes Acting leader
Name Took office Left office Party Notes
Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee
Mulla Dzhumaniyaz Sultanmuradov 2 February 1920 26 April 1920 Communist Party of Khorezm
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Assembly (Kurultoy) of People's Representatives
Palvanniyaz Khodja Yusupov 26 April 1920 6 March 1921 Communist Party of Khorezm
Dzhabbarbergen Kuchkarov 6 March 1921 15 May 1921 Communist Party of Khorezm Continued as supreme authority to 23 May 1921
Khudaybergen Divanov 15 May 1921 23 May 1921 Communist Party of Khorezm
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee
Madrakhim Allabergenov 23 May 1921 5 September 1921 Communist Party of Khorezm
Mulla Ata-Maksum Madrakhimov 5 September 1921 27 November 1921 Communist Party of Khorezm
Yangibay Muradov 27 November 1921 23 July 1922 Communist Party of Khorezm
Abdulla Khodzhayev "Khadzhi Baba" 23 July 1922 20 October 1922 Communist Party of Khorezm 1st term
Atadzhan Safayev 20 October 1922 26 March 1923 Communist Party of Khorezm
Abdulla Khodzhayev "Khadzhi Baba" March 1923 20 October 1923 Communist Party of Khorezm 2nd term
Karim Safayev 20 October 1923 26 March 1924 Communist Party of Khorezm
Mukhamed Abdusalyamov 17 January 1924 19 February 1924 Communist Party of Khorezm
Sultan-Kary Dzhumaniyazov 26 March 1924 17 September 1924 Communist Party of Khorezm 1st term
Nedirbay Aytakov 17 September 1924 27 October 1924 Communist Party of Khorezm
Sultan-Kary Dzhumaniyazov October 1924 23 November 1924 Communist Party of Khorezm 2nd term

Geography

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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]

See also

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References

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  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. ^ a b 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
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