Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Нахчыван Мухтар Совет Сосиалист Республикасы (Azerbaijani)
Нахичеванская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика (Russian)
ASSR of the Azerbaijan SSR
1921–1990
Flag of Nakhichevan ASSR
Flag

Location of the Nakhichevan ASSR between Iran and the Armenian SSR

Modern subdivisions of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
CapitalNakhichevan
Area
 • Coordinates39°12′N 45°24′E / 39.200°N 45.400°E / 39.200; 45.400
Government
 • TypeRepublic
 • MottoProletarians of all regions, unite!
Historical era20th century
• Soviet Republic of
   Nakhichevan establisheda
July 1920
• Nakhichevan ASSR
   established
16 March 1921
13 October 1921
1922–36
• Transferred to the
   Azerbaijan SSR
9 February 1924
• Independence declared
January 1990
19 November 1990
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
Today part ofAzerbaijan
a. Whilst the 11th Soviet Red Army occupied land under de facto control of the Democratic Republic of Armenia in 1920, the territory was theoretically under British occupation (replacing Ottoman occupation). De jure, the former Nakhichevan Khanate had passed to the Russian Empire after the 1828 Treaty of Turkmenchay, while the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic had been replaced by competing claims from the Democratic Republic of Armenia and the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. In addition, the Azeri Republic of Aras had also declared Nakhichevan as its territory.

The Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,[a] abbreviated as Nakhichevan ASSR[b] was an autonomous republic within the Azerbaijan SSR, itself a republic within the Soviet Union. It was formed on 16 March 1921 and became a part of the Azerbaijan SSR proper on 9 February 1924.

The first flag of the Nakhichevan ASSR was introduced in 1937 and contained both Azerbaijani and Armenian text. In the 1940s, when the Azerbaijani Latin alphabet was being replaced by Cyrillic, the previous flag was replaced by a Soviet flag with the Azerbaijani Cyrillic text "Нахчыван МССР" in gold and a dark blue bar along the fess.[1]

In 1990, it became the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic within the Republic of Azerbaijan.


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  1. ^ Nakhchivan in the Soviet Union on Flags of the World

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