Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Дагестанская АССР (Russian)
Дагъистаналъул АССР (Avar)
Дагъыстан АССР (Kumyk)
Дагъустандин АССР (Lezgian)
Дагъусттаннал АССР (Lak)
Дағыстан МССР (Azerbaijani)
Дагъистан АССР (Dargwa)
ДегӀастанан АССР (Chechen)
Дагыстан АССР (Nogai)
Дагъустан АССР (Tabassaran)
Догъисту АССР (Muslim Tat)
ASSR of the Russian SFSR
1921–1991

CapitalMahachkala
Area
 • Coordinates42°59′00″N 47°29′00″E / 42.9833°N 47.4833°E / 42.9833; 47.4833
 • TypeSoviet republic
History 
• Established
1921
• Disestablished
1991
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Dagestan Autonomous Oblast
Dagestan
Dagestan's Tsarist era coat of arms

The Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic[a] (1921–1991), abbreviated as Dagestan ASSR[b] or DASSR[c] and also unofficially known as Soviet Dagestan or just simply Dagestan, was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union. This "Land of Mountains" was known also for having a "mountain of peoples," with more than thirty ethnic groups indigenous to the territory.[1] This region was absorbed in to the Russian Empire in 1813 after the signing of the Treaty of Gulistan,[2] and subsequently became a breeding ground for early revolutionary fervor in the Russian Revolution due its people's discontent with being part of the empire.[3]

Although as part of its strategy to promote local languages and to discourage pan-Turkic and pan-Islamic movements, a half-dozen of these ethnicities were provided with schooling in their native language. At some point in Soviet history, Russian became the most widespread second language and gradually the lingua franca, especially in urban areas.[4]

The minor planet 2297 Daghestan, discovered in 1978[4] by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh, is named after the Dagestan ASSR.[5]


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  1. ^ "Dagestan | republic, Russia | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. ^ Sultanova, Sabina Malikovna (31 October 2020). "The Entry Of Dagestan Into The Russian Empire". European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences. Social and Cultural Transformations in the Context of Modern Globalism» Dedicated to the 80th Anniversary of Turkayev Hassan Vakhitovich: 1040–1047. doi:10.15405/epsbs.2020.10.05.137. ISSN 2357-1330. S2CID 228971337.
  3. ^ Marshall, Alex (13 September 2010). The Caucasus Under Soviet Rule. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-93824-5.
  4. ^ a b "Краткая справка об административно-территориальных изменениях Ставропольского края за 1920—1992 гг" [Brief information about the administrative-territorial changes in the Stavropol Territory for 1920-1992] (DOC). Stavkomarchiv (in Russian).
  5. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 187. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

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