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Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast
Karakalpak
Autonomous Oblast
was created on
February 19
, 1925 by
separating
lands of the
ethnic
Karakalpaks
from the
Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
and
Khorezm People's Soviet Republic
.
Initially located within the
Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic
, the Karakalpak
AO
was transferred to the
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
from
July 20
,
1930
to
March 20
, 1932, at which time it was elevated to the
Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
. The
Karakalpak ASSR
was joined to the
Uzbek SSR
from
December 5
, 1936.