thumb|Map of Tatar A.S.S.R. In 1928
thumb|The TASSR Constitution, promulgated in 1937 by the Congress of Soviets of the Tatar ASSR
The Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as Tatar ASSR, Tatarstan ASSR or TASSR, 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. Kazan served as its capital.
The territory of the TASSR was a part of Kazan, Simbirsk, and Ufa Governorates (or gubernias) of the Imperial Russia before the October Revolution of 1917.
- 27 May 1920: Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
- 30 August 1990: Tatar Soviet Socialist Republic
- 16 May 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)
- Röstäm Yaxin – composer
- Ravil Maganov – chairman of Lukoil (2020–2022)
- Valery Gerasimov – incumbent Russian Chief of General Staff
- Alsou - Singer and actress; Russian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Economic development
Pre-war economy
Foreman of the 6th brigade Shaikhiy Gatdrashitov indicates to collective farmer Galimov the time of his work according to the schedule. 1930s. Photo by B. Ivanitsky.
In 1921, the republic, like the adjacent Volga region, was struck by a drought that caused mass famine. To combat it, in 1921–22 the Tatar Republic received more than 8 million poods of seeds and 6 million poods of various food supplies from other regions of the country.
After the end of the Civil War, the restoration of the autonomous republic’s national economy began.
During the 1920s and 1930s, industrialisation took place throughout the Soviet Union. The Autonomous Tatar ASSR transitioned from a predominantly agrarian economy to an agrarian-industrial one. Old enterprises underwent major reconstruction, and new plants and factories were established. The industry of the Tatar ASSR developed at a rate exceeding the average industrial growth of both the RSFSR and the USSR.
See also
- 1921–1922 famine in Tatarstan
- Communist Party of the Republic of Tatarstan
- Tatarstan Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union