Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

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Komi Autonomous
Soviet Socialist Republic
Коми Автономная Советская
Социалистическая Республика
 (Russian)
Коми Автономнӧй Сӧветскӧй
Социалистическӧй Республика
 (Komi-Zyrian)
ASSR of the Russian SFSR
1936–1991
CapitalSyktyvkar
 • TypeAutonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
History 
• Established
1936
• Disestablished
1991
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Komi-Zyryan AO
Komi Republic
1971 stamp celebrating the Komi ASSR
1981 stamp celebrating the Komi ASSR

The Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Russian: Коми Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика; Komi: Коми Автономнӧй Сӧветскӧй Социалистическӧй Республика), abbreviated as Komi ASSR (Komi and Russian: Коми АССР), was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union, established in 1936 as successor of Komi-Zyryan Autonomous Oblast.

In 1991, it became the Komi Republic, a federal subject of Russia.

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