Khorezm People's Soviet Republic

Khorezm People's Soviet Republic (1920–1923) Хоразм Халқ Совет Жумҳурияти (Uzbek) Хорезмская Народная Советская Республика (Russian) Khorezm Socialist Soviet Republic (1923–1924) Хорезмская Социалистическая Советская Республика (Russian)
1920–1924
Flag Emblem (1922–23) Emblem (1923–24)
Motto: Butun dunyo proletarlari, birlashingiz! "Proletarians of all countries, unite!"
The Khorezm People's Soviet Republic in 1922
Capital	Khiva
Common languages	Russian, Uzbek, Turkmen, Karakalpak
Religion	Sunni Islam Sufism (Naqshbandi) Judaism Atheism (promoted by the Communist Party of Khorezm)
Government	Socialist republic
Chairman
• 1920−1921 (first)	Palvanniyaz Khodja Yusupov
• 1924 (last)	Sultan-Kary Dzhumaniyazov
Historical era	Interwar period
• Abdication of Sayid Abdullah	2 February 1920
• Republic established	26 April 1920
• Part of USSR	27 October 1924
Preceded by Succeeded by Khanate of Khiva Uzbek SSR Turkmen SSR Karakalpak AO
Today part of	Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Kazakhstan

The Khorezm People's Soviet Republic (Uzbek: Хоразм Халқ Совет Республикаси, romanized: Xorazm Xalq Sovet Respublikasi; Russian: Хорезмская Народная Советская Республика, tr. Khorezmskaya Narodnaya Sovetskaya Respublika) was the state created as the successor to the Khanate of Khiva in February 1920, when the Khan abdicated in response to pressure. It was officially declared by the First Khorezm Kurultay (Assembly) on 26 April 1920. On 20 October 1923, it was transformed into the Khorezm Socialist Soviet Republic (Russian: Хорезмская ССР, tr. Khorezmskaya SSR).^[1]

On 27 October 1924 the Khorezm SSR was divided between the Uzbek and Turkmen SSRs and the Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast as part of the delimitation of Central Asia according to nationalities.^[2] The history of this short-lived republic remains murky and the way its government functioned is not largely clear. The government officials fervently opposed the delimitation plans of the Khorezmian Republic (which had to be carried out under Stalin’s orders) but in the end they were forced to concede.