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Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic or Mountain ASSR ( Gorskaya ASSR) was a short-lived autonomous republic
Autonomous republics of the Soviet Union

Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics of the Soviet Union were administrative units created for certain nations. The ASSRs had a status lower than the republics of the Soviet Union of the Soviet Union, but higher than the autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union and the autonomous okrugs of the Soviet Union....
 within the Russian SFSR
Russian SFSR

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , also called the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, the Russian SFSR and the RSFSR for short, was the largest and most populous of the fifteen Republics of the Soviet Union of the Soviet Union and became the Russian Federation after the collapse of the Soviet Union....
 in the Northern Caucasus that existed from January 20, 1921 to July 7, 1924.

Previously part of the Kuban and Terek Oblasts after the Russian Revolution a Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus
Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus

The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus was a shortlived state situated in the Northern Caucasus. It included most of the territory of the former Terek Oblast and Dagestan Oblast of the Russian Empire, which now form the republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia, North Ossetia-Alania, Kabardino-Balkaria, Dagestan and part of Stavropol Kra...
 by the indigenous nationalities, however Soviet rule was installed after the Red Army
Red Army

The Red Army was the armed force first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and, in 1922, became the army of the Soviet Union....
 conquered the Northern Caucasus in the course of the Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War

The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed and the Bolshevik party assumed power in Saint Petersburg....
, and the former republic was transformed into the a Soviet one.






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Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic or Mountain ASSR ( Gorskaya ASSR) was a short-lived autonomous republic
Autonomous republics of the Soviet Union

Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics of the Soviet Union were administrative units created for certain nations. The ASSRs had a status lower than the republics of the Soviet Union of the Soviet Union, but higher than the autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union and the autonomous okrugs of the Soviet Union....
 within the Russian SFSR
Russian SFSR

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , also called the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, the Russian SFSR and the RSFSR for short, was the largest and most populous of the fifteen Republics of the Soviet Union of the Soviet Union and became the Russian Federation after the collapse of the Soviet Union....
 in the Northern Caucasus that existed from January 20, 1921 to July 7, 1924.

Previously part of the Kuban and Terek Oblasts after the Russian Revolution a Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus
Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus

The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus was a shortlived state situated in the Northern Caucasus. It included most of the territory of the former Terek Oblast and Dagestan Oblast of the Russian Empire, which now form the republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia, North Ossetia-Alania, Kabardino-Balkaria, Dagestan and part of Stavropol Kra...
 by the indigenous nationalities, however Soviet rule was installed after the Red Army
Red Army

The Red Army was the armed force first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and, in 1922, became the army of the Soviet Union....
 conquered the Northern Caucasus in the course of the Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War

The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed and the Bolshevik party assumed power in Saint Petersburg....
, and the former republic was transformed into the a Soviet one. The area was over , and the population was about 800,000. It comprised six national districts: Karachay, Kabardin, Balkar, Ossetian, Ingush and Chechen, and two cities: Grozny
Grozny

Grozny is the capital types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Chechnya in Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2002 Russian Census , the city had a population of 210,720 people ....
 and Vladikavkaz
Vladikavkaz

Vladikavkaz is the capital types of inhabited localities in Russia of the North Ossetia-Alania, Russia. It is situated in the south-east of the republic at the foothills of the Caucasus mountains, situated on the Terek River....
. In addition a special province level autonomy was provided to Terek Cossacks the Sunzha Cossack District, which included a large enclave in northern Ingushetia, and a smaller one bordering Grozny.

Partition of the GASSR began shortly after it was formed when the Kabardian National district was separated into the Kabardin Autonomous Oblast and directly subjected to the RSFSR on 1 September, 1921. Next came the Karachay district from which the Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast was created on 12 January, 1922, the Balkar District followed on 16 January 1922, and merged with the Kabardin A.O to form the Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Oblast
Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Oblast

Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Oblast was formed in 1921 as the Kabardin Autonomous Oblast. It was renamed in 1922....
. The Chechen district was separated on 30 November, 1922 into the Chechen Autonomous Oblast
Chechen Autonomous Oblast

Chechen Autonomous Oblast was created on 1922-11-13....
.

By the July 7,1924 decree of the VTsIK
Supreme Soviet

The Supreme Soviet of the USSR was the highest legislative body in the Soviet Union in the interim of the sessions of the Congress of Soviets, and the only one with the power to pass constitutional amendments....
 the GASSR was partitioned into the North Ossetian Autonomous Oblast
North Ossetian Autonomous Oblast

The North Ossetian Autonomous Oblast was created 1924-07-07....
 and the Ingush Autonomous Oblast
Ingush Autonomous Oblast

Ingush Autonomous Oblast was created on 7 July 1924....
. The Sunzha Cossack District and the city of Vladikavkaz were directly subordinated to the VTsIK until 17 October 1924 when the North-Caucasus Krai was formed and integrated all of the former GASSR in addition to those two units.