Abstract
Kyrgyzstan became part of Soviet Turkestan, which itself became a Soviet Socialist Republic within the Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic (RSFSR) in April 1921. In 1924, when Central Asia was reorganized territorially on a national basis, Kyrgyzstan was separated from Turkestan. In Dec. 1936 Kyrgyzstan was proclaimed one of the constituent Soviet Socialist Republics of the USSR. With the collapse of the Soviet Empire, the republic asserted its claim to sovereignty in 1990 and declared independence in Sept. 1991. Askar Akayev became president in 1990 and subsequently expanded presidential powers. Kyrgyzstan became a member of the CIS in Dec. 1991.
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Abazov, Rafs, Historical Dictionary of Kyrgyzstan. 2004
Anderson, J., Kyrgyzstan: Central Asia’s Island of Democracy? 1999
Marat, Erica, Te Tulip Revolution: Kyrgyzstan One Year Afer. 2006
National Statistical Ofce: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic, 374 Frunze Street, Bishkek City 720033.
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Turner, B. (2011). Kyrgyzstan. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-59051-3_249
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