The Khorezm People's Soviet Republic 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
500-roubles coin of 1920–21
Postage stamp of 1922
The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Turkmenistan, the Turkmen SSR, TuSSR, TurSSR, TurkSSR, TurkmSSR, Turkmenistan, or Turkmenia, was one of the constituent republics of the Sov
Khorezm People's Soviet Republic
…20 October 1923, it was transformed into the Khorezm Socialist Soviet Republic.. 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. The history of this short-lived…
Cover of the 1926 Constitution of the Turkmen SSR
Soviet soldiers returning from Afghanistan. 20 October 1986, Guşgy, Turkmen SSR.
Бурэ Л. Л., Ворота в древнем Мерве