The Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Russian: Татарская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика; Tatar: Татарстан Автономияле Совет Социалистик Республикасы), abbreviated as Tatar ASSR (Russian: Татарская АССР; Tatar: Татарстан АССР) or TASSR (Russian: ТАССР; Tatar: ТАССР) (1920–1990), was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR. The resolution for its creation was signed on 27 May 1920 and the republic was proclaimed on 25 June 1920.[1][2] Kazan served as its capital.
| Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |||||||||
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| ASSR of the Russian SFSR | |||||||||
| 1920–1990 | |||||||||
 Flag  Coat of arms | |||||||||
 Modern time Tatarstan borders | |||||||||
| Capital | Kazan | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1920 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||
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The territory of the TASSR was a part of Kazan, Simbirsk, and Ufa Governorates (guberniyas) of the Imperial Russia before the October Revolution of 1917.
- 1920: Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
- 1990: Tatar Soviet Socialist Republic
- 1992: Republic of Tatarstan
Notable people
- Gabdulkhay Akhatov – professor and Turkologist
- Sofia Gubaidulina – composer
- Chulpan Khamatova – film, theater and TV actress
- Mintimer Shaimiev – politician, the first secretary of the Tatar Regional Committee of the CPSU
- Boris Yeltsin – first Russian president (1991–1999)
- Rustem Yakhin – composer
- Ravil Maganov – chairman of Lukoil (2020–2022)
- Valery Gerasimov – Incumbent Russian Chief of General Staff