Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic

Түркменистан Совет Социалистик Республикасы {{{loc-name}}}
← 1921 — 1991 →
Flag Coat of arms
State motto: Turkmen: Äkhli jurtlaryň prolietarlary, birliechiň! Translation: Workers of the world, unite!
Capital	Ashgabat
Official language	Turkmen and Russian
Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until	August 7, 1921 May 30, 1925 October 27, 1991
Area  - Total  - Water (%)	Ranked 4th in the USSR 488,100 km² 4.9%
Population  - Total   - Density	Ranked 12th in the USSR 3,522,700 (1989) 7.2/km²
Currency	rouble (манат)
Time zone	UTC + 5
Anthem	Anthem of Turkmen SSR
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The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen: Түркменистан Совет Социалистик Республикасы) was one of fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union and 1 of the 5 republics in the nation's region of Soviet Central Asia. It was initially established on August 7 1921 as Turkmen Oblast of the Turkestan ASSR. On May 13 1925 it was transformed into Turkmen SSR and became a separate republic of the USSR. Today it is the independent state of Turkmenistan in Central Asia.

See also

• Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR

•  • e Republics of the Soviet Union
Eastern Europe	Byelorussian SSR  ·  Moldavian SSR  ·  Russian SFSR  ·  Ukrainian SSR
Central Asia	Kazakh SSR  ·  Kirgiz SSR  ·  Tajik SSR  ·  Turkmen SSR  ·  Uzbek SSR
Transcaucasia	Armenian SSR  ·  Azerbaijan SSR  ·  Georgian SSR
The Baltics	Estonian SSR  ·  Latvian SSR  ·  Lithuanian SSR
Short-lived Soviet Republics	Abkhazian SSR (1921-1931)  ·  Transcaucasian SFSR (1922-1936)  · Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940-1956)