Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
| Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Карельская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика Karjalan autonominen sosialistinen neuvostotasavalta | |||||||||||||
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| ASSR of the Russian SFSR | |||||||||||||
| 1923–1940 1956–1991 | |||||||||||||
Location of Karelian ASSR within RSFSR and Soviet Union (1956–1991) | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Petrozavodsk | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
| • Coordinates | 61°47′00″N 34°21′00″E / 61.783333°N 34.35°E | ||||||||||||
• 1989 | 180,500 km2 (69,700 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 1989 | 790,150 | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Type | Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | ||||||||||||
| Chairman | |||||||||||||
• 1923–1935 (first) | Edvard Gylling | ||||||||||||
• 1990–1991 (last) | Viktor Stepanov | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 25 July 1923 | ||||||||||||
| 31 March 1940 | |||||||||||||
• Demotion to ASSR | 6 July 1956 | ||||||||||||
• Sovereignty declared | 9 August 1990 | ||||||||||||
• Renamed to the Karelian SSR | 24 May 1991 | ||||||||||||
| 13 November 1991 | |||||||||||||
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The Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Karelian ASSR for short, sometimes referred to as Russian Karelia, East Karelia or simply Karelia, was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union, with its capital in Petrozavodsk. It existed from 25 July 1923 to 31 March 1940 and again from 6 July 1956 to 13 November 1991. It was succeeded by the Republic of Karelia.