Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
| Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Autonome Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik der Wolgadeutschen Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика Немцев Поволжья |
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| Autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR | ||||||
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| Capital | Engelsa | |||||
| Chairman (Central Executive Committee) | ||||||
| • | October 1918–March 1919 | Ernst Reuter | ||||
| Legislature | Supreme Council | |||||
| History | ||||||
| • | Established | 19 October 1918 | ||||
| • | Disestablished | 28 August 1941 | ||||
| Political subdivisions | 14 cantons | |||||
| a. Known as "Pokrovsk" or "Kosakenstadt" before 1931. | ||||||
The Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (German: Autonome Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik der Wolgadeutschen; Russian: Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика Немцев Поволжья Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika Nemtsev Povolzh'ya) was an autonomous republic established in Soviet Russia. Its capital was the Volga River port of Engels (known as "Pokrovsk" or "Kosakenstadt" before 1931).
The republic was created following the Russian Revolution, by October 29 (some claim 19th)Decree of the Soviet government, Volga German Workers' Commune, giving Soviet Germans a special status among the non-Russians in the USSR. It was upgraded to the status of Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic on February 20, 1924 (claims of December 19, 1923), by the Declaration of the All-Union Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR. It became the first national autonomous unit in the Soviet Union after the Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic. It occupied the area of compact settlement of the large Volga German minority in Russia, which numbered almost 1.8 million by 1897. The republic was declared on January 6, 1924.
The ASSR was divided into fourteen cantons: Fjodorowka, Krasny-Kut, Tonkoschurowka, Krasnojar, Pokrowsk, Kukkus, Staraja Poltawka, Pallasowka, Kamenka, Solotoje, Marxstadt, Frank, Seelmann, and Balzer.
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