Khorezm People's Soviet Republic
The Khorezm People's Soviet Republic was the state created as the successor to the Khanate of Khiva in February 1920, when the Khan abdicated in response to pressure and officially declared by the First Khorezm Kurultay on 26 April 1920. On 20 October 1923, it was transformed into the Khorezm Socialist Soviet Republic.
On 27 October 1924 the Khorezm SSR was divided between Uzbek and Turkmen SSRs and the Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast as part of the delimitation of Central Asia according to nationalities.Politics
- Hoji Pahlavon Niyoz Yusuf
- Jumaniyoz Sulton Muradoghli
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Assembly of People's Representatives
- Hoji Pahlavon Niyoz Yusuf
- Qoch Qoroghli
- Khudoybergan Divanoghli
- Mulla Nozir
- Allabergan
- Ata Maqsum Madrahimoghli
- Jangibay Murodoghli
- Abdulla Abdurahmon Khojaoghli
- K. Safaroghli
- Sultonkari Jumaniyoz
- Temurkhoja Yaminoghli
Geography
The Khorezm People's National Republic bordered on the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to the north and to the south, and on the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic to the east. Its western border was a rough continuation of the western coast of Aral Sea, bordering on what was then the Kirghiz ASSR. It had an area of and a population of more than 600,000 people, mainly Uzbeks, Turkmens, Kazakhs, and Karakalpaks. Its capital was Khiva.
