Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic


The Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic also known as Soviet Karakalpakstan or simply Karakalpakstan was an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union. Until 20 July 1932, it was called the Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast. On 5 December 1936, it was merged with the Uzbek SSR. It was the only ASSR in Soviet Central Asia.
Its capital was Nukus.
On 1 November 1989, Karakalpak ASSR declared state sovereignty over the Soviet laws. Uzbekistan declared independence.