Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |||||||||||
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ASSR of the Russian SFSR | |||||||||||
1918–1941 | |||||||||||
Capital | Engelsa | ||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
• 1941 | 28,400 km2 (11,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1941 | 606,000 | ||||||||||
Government | |||||||||||
• Motto | Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch! (English: Workers of the world, unite!) | ||||||||||
Chairman (Central Executive Committee) | |||||||||||
• October 1918 – March 1919 | Ernst Reuter | ||||||||||
Legislature | Supreme Council of the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established | 19 October 1918 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 28 August 1941 | ||||||||||
Political subdivisions | 14 cantons | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Russia | ||||||||||
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, romanized: Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika Nemtsev Povolzh'ya), abbreviated as the Volga German ASSR, was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR. Its capital city was Engels (known as Pokrovsk or Kosakenstadt before 1931) located on the Volga River. As a result of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, the republic was abolished and Volga Germans were exiled.
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