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| Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Каракалпакская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика (Russian) Қорақалпоғистон Автоном Совет Социалистик Республикаси (Uzbek) Қарақалпақстан Автономиялық Совет Социалистик Республикасы (Karakalpak) | |||||||||
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| ASSR of theUzbek SSR Autonomous republic ofUzbekistan | |||||||||
| 1932–1992[citation needed] | |||||||||
 Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan | |||||||||
| Capital | Nukus | ||||||||
| • Type | Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 20 March 1932 | ||||||||
• Sovereignty declared | 14 December 1990 | ||||||||
• Renamed to theRepublic of Karakalpakstan | 9 January 1992[citation needed] | ||||||||
• New constitution | 9 April 1993 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Uzbekistan | ||||||||
TheKarakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Karakalpak ASSR;Karakalpak: Қарақалпақстан АССР,Qaraqalpaqstan ASSR;Uzbek:Қорақалпоғистон АССР, Qoraqalpog‘iston ASSR;Russian:Каракалпакская АССР,Karakalpakskaya ASSR), also known asSoviet Karakalpakstan or simplyKarakalpakstan, was anautonomous republic within theSoviet Union. Until 20 March 1932, it was called theKarakalpak Autonomous Oblast. On 5 December 1936, it was moved from theRussian SFSR to theUzbek SSR. It was the only ASSR inSoviet Central Asia (though other ASSRs existed in the region prior to the Karakalpak ASSR's creation, such as theTajik ASSR and theKirghiz ASSR, both of which were "upgraded" tounion-level republics in 1929 and 1936 respectively).
Its capital wasNukus (until 1939,Turtkul).
On 14 December 1990, Karakalpak ASSR declared state sovereignty over the Soviet laws.Uzbekistan declared independence on 31 August 1991 after theevents of the failed coup while Karakalpak ASSR was renamed to and re-established as theRepublic of Karakalpakstan on 21 December 1991.[citation needed] The Soviet Union wasdissolved on 26 December 1991.
The new constitution was adopted on 8 December 1992, thus making Karakalpakstan as anautonomous republic within Uzbekistan.
Demographic change and ethnic composition of the population of Karakalpakstan according to the data of the 1926-1989 censuses
| Ethnicities | 1926[1] pop. | % | 1939[2] pop. | % | 1959[3] pop. | % | 1970[4] pop. | % | 1979[5] pop. | % | 1989[6] pop. | % |
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| Total | 304,539 | 100.00 | 469,702 | 100.00 | 510,101 | 100.00 | 702,264 | 100.00 | 905,500 | 100.00 | 1,212,207 | 100.00 |
| Uzbeks | 84,099 | 27.62 | 116,054 | 24.71 | 146,783 | 28.78 | 212,597 | 30.27 | 285,400 | 31.52 | 397,826 | 32.82 |
| Karakalpaks | 116,125 | 38.13 | 158,615 | 33.77 | 155,999 | 30.58 | 217,505 | 30.97 | 281,809 | 31.12 | 389,146 | 32.10 |
| Kazakhs | 85,782 | 28.17 | 129,677 | 27.61 | 133,844 | 26.24 | 186,038 | 26.49 | 243,926 | 26.94 | 318,739 | 26.29 |
| Turkmens | 9,686 | 3.18 | 23,259 | 4.95 | 29,225 | 5.73 | 37,547 | 5.35 | 48,655 | 5.37 | 60,244 | 4.97 |
| Russians | 4,924 | 1.62 | 24,969 | 5.32 | 22,966 | 4.50 | 25,165 | 3.58 | 21,287 | 2.35 | 19,846 | 1.64 |
| Koreans | 7,347 | 1.56 | 9,956 | 1.95 | 8,958 | 1.28 | 8,081 | 0.89 | 9,174 | 0.76 | ||
| Tatars | 884 | 0.29 | 4,162 | 0.89 | 6,177 | 1.21 | 7,619 | 1.08 | 7,617 | 0.84 | 7,767 | 0.64 |
| Ukrainians | 621 | 0.20 | 3,130 | 0.67 | 2,201 | 0.43 | 2,316 | 0.33 | 2,005 | 0.22 | 2,271 | 0.19 |
| Bashkirs | 29 | 0.01 | 381 | 0.08 | 571 | 0.11 | 854 | 0.12 | 920 | 0.10 | 1,090 | 0.09 |
| Kyrgyz | 277 | 0.09 | 181 | 0.04 | 177 | 0.03 | 400 | 0.06 | 1,955 | 0.22 | 867 | 0.07 |
| Moldovans | 10 | 0.00 | 16 | 0.00 | 57 | 0.01 | 343 | 0.04 | 632 | 0.05 | ||
| Belarusians | 30 | 0.01 | 214 | 0.05 | 328 | 0.06 | 517 | 0.07 | 852 | 0.09 | 567 | 0.05 |
| Others | 2,072 | 0.68 | 1,697 | 0.36 | 1,874 | 0.37 | 2,691 | 0.38 | 2,650 | 0.29 | 4,038 | 0.33 |
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