Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
| Mountain ASSR Горская АССР |
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| Autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR | |||||
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| Capital | Vladikavkaz | ||||
| Government | Socialist republic | ||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | ||||
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20 January 1921 | |||
| • | Annexation | 7 July 1924 | |||
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Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic or Mountain ASSR (Russian: Го́рская АССР, Gorskaya ASSR) was a short-lived autonomous republic within the Russian SFSR in the Northern Caucasus that existed from January 20, 1921 to July 7, 1924.
The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus was created on parts of Kuban and Terek Oblasts by the indigenous nationalities after the Russian Revolution; however, Soviet rule was installed on this territory after the Red Army conquered the Northern Caucasus in the course of the Russian Civil War, and the former republic was transformed into a Soviet one. The area of the republic was over 73,000 square kilometres (28,000 sq mi), and the population was about 800,000. It comprised six okrugs: Balkar, Chechen, Kabardian, Karachay, Nazran (Ingushetia), and Vladikavkaz Okrug (Ossetia) and had two cities: Grozny and Vladikavkaz. In addition, a special autonomy was provided to the Terek Cossacks: Sunzha Cossack Okrug, which included a large enclave in northern Ingushetia, and a smaller one bordering Grozny. Its boundaries approximated those of classical Zyx.
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