Alash Autonomy
The Alash Autonomy (Kazakh: Алаш Автономиясы, romanized: Alaş Avtonomiasy, Kazakh pronunciation: [ɑlɑɕ ɑftonomɪjɑsɯ]; Russian: Алашская автономия, Alashskaya avtonomiya), also known as Alash Orda (Kazakh: Алаш Орда, romanized: Alaş Orda; Russian: Алаш-Орда, romanized: Alash-Orda) was an unrecognized Kazakh provisional government, or proto-state, located in Central Asia and was part of the Russian Republic, and then Soviet Russia. The Alash Autonomy was founded in 1917 by Kazakh elites, and disestablished after the Bolsheviks banned the ruling Alash party. The goal of the party was to obtain autonomy within Russia, and to form a national, democratic state. The political entity bordered Russian territories to the north and west, the Turkestan Autonomy to the south, and China to the east.
Alash Autonomy | |||||||||||||
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Proposed flag (top) and flag mentioned in 1918 (bottom)
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| Motto: Оян, Қазақ! Oian, Qazaq! Проснись, казах! Wake up, Kazakh! | |||||||||||||
Map of the "Muslim states of Eastern Russia", which was created in mid-1918 during negotiations between the government of Alash Orda and Bashkiria, Alash Orda is marked as "Киргизія" | |||||||||||||
| Status | Unrecognized autonomy of Russia | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Alash-Qala | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Kazakh Russian | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Secular | ||||||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||||||
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• 1917-1920 | Alikhan Bukeikhanov | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Russian Civil War | ||||||||||||
• Established | December 1917 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 17 August 1920 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Kazakhstan Russia | ||||||||||||