| North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |||||||||
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| ASSR of theRussian SFSR Republic of theRussian Federation | |||||||||
| 1936–1993 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Ordzhonikidze (Vladikavkaz) | ||||||||
| Demonym | North Ossetian Ossetian | ||||||||
| • Type | Soviet republic | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 5 December 1936 | ||||||||
• Sovereignty declared | 20 July 1990 | ||||||||
• Renamed to theRepublic of the North Ossetia–Alania | 9 November 1993 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Russia · North Ossetia–Alania | ||||||||
TheNorth Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Ossetian:Цӕгат Ирыстоны Автономон Советон Социалистон Республикӕ,romanized: Tsagât Ireštone Âvtonomon Šovêton Šotsiâlišton Rêšpublika;Russian:Северо-Осетинская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика,romanized: Severo-Osetinskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) was anautonomous republic of theRussian SFSR within theSoviet Union. It existed from 5 December 1936 until 9 November 1993, when it became the Republic of North Ossetia (since 1994 theRepublic of North Ossetia-Alania), a federal subject ofRussia.[1]
In 1990 the North Ossetian ASSR declared itself independent as part of rising ethnic conflict withIngushetia.[2] Originally part of the Ingush territory was transferred to North Ossetia in 1944, bringing with it thousands ofIngush people, and with the dissolution of theSoviet Union conflicts began.[3][4]
During the summer and early autumn of 1992, there was a steady increase in the militancy of Ingush nationalists. At the same time, there was a steady increase in incidents of organized harassment, kidnapping and rape against Ingush inhabitants of North Ossetia by theirOssetian neighbors, police, security forces, and militia. This would eventually lead to theOssetian–Ingush Conflict.[5]
| Year | Population | Source |
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| 1939 | 329 205[6] | 1939 Soviet census |
| 1959 | 450 581[7] | 1959 Soviet census |
| 1970 | 552 581[8] | 1970 Soviet census |
| 1979 | 596 921[9] | 1979 Soviet census |
| 1989 | 634 009[10] | 1989 Soviet census |
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