The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Turkmenistan or the Turkmen SSR, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union, located in Central Asia. It was first set up on 7 August 1921 as the Turkmen Oblast of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and became a separate republic of the USSR on 13 May 1925, remaining one until 1991. Its borders did not change from its creation onward. It bordered Iran and Afghanistan to the south, the Caspian Sea to the west, the Kazakh SSR to the north and the Uzbek SSR to the east. On 22 August 1990 the republic declared sovereignty over Soviet laws, and on 27 October 1991 it became independent as present-day Turkmenistan.
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Source Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Wikipedia)
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1. Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Wikipedia)
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on 13 May 1925, a separate republic of the USSR as the Turkmen SSR
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that existed as a republic from 1925 to 1991
- Wikidata population statement, 1989
- Wikidata population statement point in time
On Continent: Asia, Lead section [on-continent]
located in Central Asia, that existed as a republic from 1925 to 1991
- In Group: Historical and Former States of Asia
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