- Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast
Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast was created on
February 19 ,1925 by separating lands of the ethnicKarakalpaks from theTurkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic andKhoresm People's Soviet Republic .Initially located within the
Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic , the Karakalpak A.O. was transferred to theRSFSR fromJuly 20 ,1930 toMarch 20 ,1932 , at which time it was elevated to theKarakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ("Karakalpak ASSR"). The Karakalpak ASSR was joined to theUzbek SSR fromDecember 5 ,1936 .External links
* [http://karakalpak.com/ www.karakalpak.com]
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