North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

entity within the Russian SFSR

Key facts

Capital: Ordzhonikidze ( Vladikavkaz )
Demonym: North Ossetian, Ossetian
Type: Soviet republic
Established: 5 December 1936
Sovereignty declared: 20 July 1990
Renamed to the republic of the north oss: 9 November 1993

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Population: 634009
Area: 8000
Image: North Ossetia–Alania. Dargavs. River Gizeldon PA160553 2575.jpg

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inception: 1936-12-05

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Today part ofRussia · North Ossetia–Alania

The North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Iron Ossetic: Цӕгат Ирыстоны Автономон Советон Социалистон Республикӕ, romanized: Tsagât Ireštone Âvtonomon Šovêton Šotsiâlišton Rêšpublika; Russian: Северо-Осетинская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика, romanized: Severo-Osetinskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union. It existed from 5 December 1936 until 9 November 1993, when it became the Republic of North Ossetia (since 1994 the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania), a federal subject of Russia.