KHIVA / KHWAREZM

Name:Khiva (Khwarezm)
Local name (Old Uzbek):(ﻢﺿﺭﺎﺧ) ﻩﻮﻴﺧ
Bordering countries and territories:Russian Turkistan, Bukhara
Status:until 1873 - sovereign state;
1873-1917 - Russian protectorate;
1917-1920 - sovereign state;
1920-1924 - formally independent soviet republic
Surface:62.2 ths. sq. km
Population (1920):around 700 ths.
Capital:Khiva (ﻩﻮﻴﺧ)
Official language:Chagatai (Old Uzbek)


Historical symbols:
Khanate of Khiva (until 1920)
Khwarezmi People's Soviet Republic (1920-1923)
Khwarezmi Soviet Socialist Republic (1923-1924)



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