fwo_383252 - KHOREZM (People's Soviet Republic) 20 Roubles AH 1339 1921

KHOREZM (People's Soviet Republic)

1920-1925

In 1917, the Russian Revolution put an end to the Russian protectorate over the Khanate of Kiva, which regained its independence. In 1918, the last Khan of Khniva, Sayid Abdullah died and the Turkmen leader Djounaïd Khan succeeded him. In February 1920, the latter was deposed by Bolshevik troops. The Khorezm Soviet People's Republic is declared within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. It will then be dissolved and shared between the SSR of Uzbekistan, the SSR of Turkmenia and the autonomous oblast of Karakalpakia..