Uzbek SSR
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Узбекская Советская Социалистическая Республика
Ўзбекистон Совет Социалистик Республикаси |
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Soviet Socialist Republic (1924–91) De facto sovereign entity (1990–91) Sovereign state (1991–92) |
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Motto Бутун дунё пролетарлари, бирлашингиз! (Uzbek) Butun dunyo proletarlari, birlashingiz! (transliteration) "Proletarians of all nations, unite!" |
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Anthem Ўзбекистон Совет Социалист Республикасининг давлат мадҳияси Oʻzbekiston Sovet Sotsialist Respublikasining davlat madhiyasi; "Anthem of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic" (1947–92) |
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 Location of Uzbekistan within the Soviet Union.
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| Capital |
Samarkand (1924–1930) Tashkent (1930–1992) |
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| Languages |
Official languages: Uzbek · Russian Minority languages: Tajik · Karakalpak · Kazakh · Tatar · Koryo-mar · Bukhori · Dungan · Central Asian Arabic · Parya |
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| Demonym |
Uzbek Soviet |
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| Government |
Unitary Marxist-Leninist one party Soviet socialist republic (until 1990) Unitary presidential republic (after 1990) |
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| First Secretary | ||||||||||||||||
| • | 1925–1927 (first) | Vladimir Ivanovich Ivanov | ||||||||||||||
| • | 1989–1992 (last) | Islam Karimov | ||||||||||||||
| Head of government | ||||||||||||||||
| • | 1924–1937 (first) | Fayzulla Khodzhayev | ||||||||||||||
| • | 1990–1990 (last) | Shukrullo Mirsaidov | ||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Supreme Soviet | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| • | Succeeds Turkestan ASSR | 27 October 1924 | ||||||||||||||
| • | Republic proclaimed | 5 December 1924 | ||||||||||||||
| • | Accession of Karakalpakstan | 5 December 1936 | ||||||||||||||
| • | State sovereignty declared | 20 June 1990 | ||||||||||||||
| • | Renamed Republic of Uzbekistan/Independence | 31 August 1991 | ||||||||||||||
| • | Independence internationally recognized | 25 December 1991 | ||||||||||||||
| • | New Constitution | 8 December 1992 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | ||||||||||||||||
| • | 1989 | 447,400 km² (172,742 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Population | ||||||||||||||||
| • | 1989 est. | 19,906,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Density | 44.5 /km² (115.2 /sq mi) | |||||||||||||||
| Currency |
Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR) (1922-91; Union-wide) Russian ruble (RUB) (1991-92) |
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| Calling code | +7 36/37/436 | |||||||||||||||
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| Today part of |
 Uzbekistan Tajikistan
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 Order of Lenin |
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Uzbekistan (US 
i/ʊzˈbɛkᵻˌstæn, -ˌstɑːn/, UK /ʊzˌbɛkᵻˈstɑːn, ʌz-, -ˈstæn/), officially the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR; Uzbek: Ўзбекистон Совет Социалистик Республикаси, Oʻzbekiston Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikasi'; Russian: Узбекская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Uzbekskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) and the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston Respublikasi, Ўзбекистон Республикаси), also referred to as Soviet Uzbekistan was one of the republics of the Soviet Union existed from 1924 to 1991 and as an sovereign state from 1991 to 1992. It was governed by the Uzbek branch of the Soviet Communist Party, the only legal political party, from 1925 until 1990. From 1990 to 1991, it was the sovereign part of the Soviet Union with its own legislation.
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