The Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (, Mordovskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika; , Mordovskjaj Avtonomnaj Sovetskjaj Socialističeskjaj Respublikaś; , Mordovskoj Avtonomnoj Sovetskoj Socialističeskoj Respublikaś) was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union. It is now known as the Republic of Mordovia, a federal subject of Russia.
History The Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was established on December 20, 1934 by the transformation from of Kuybyshev Krai. After Kuybyshev Krai was itself transformed into Kuybyshev Oblast, the Mordovian ASSR was separated from it and subordinated to the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
On December 7, 1990, the Supreme Soviet of the Mordovian ASSR adopted the Declaration on the legal status of the Mordovian Republic, which transformed the republic into the Mordovian Soviet Socialist Republic. The republic was renamed the Republic of Mordovia on January 25, 1994.
See also Mordovian Okrug
Mordovian Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Flag of the Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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