The Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, originally called the Turkestan Soviet Federative Republic, was an autonomous republic of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic located in Soviet Central Asia which existed between 1918 and 1924. Uzbeks were the preeminent nation of the Turkestan ASSR. Tashkent was the capital and largest city in the region.
- Country
- Soviet Union, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
- Inception
- April 30, 1918