State

Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast

1925–1932 · 20th century

The Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast was a Soviet territory created in 1925 in the Amu Darya delta for the Karakalpaks, from lands of the former Khorezm People's Soviet Republic. It was first attached to the Kazakh ASSR. In 1932 it became the Karakalpak ASSR, which was transferred to the Uzbek SSR in 1936 and is now Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan.

Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Khorezm People's Soviet RepublicKarakalpakstan

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/karakalpak-autonomous-oblast
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