# Autonomous republic > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Autonomous_republic > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Autonomous_republic.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_republic > Source revision: 1318174454 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Type of administrative division similar to a province or state}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2009}} {{republicanism sidebar}} An '''autonomous republic''' is a type of [administrative division](/source/administrative_division) similar to a [province](/source/province) or [state](/source/Federated_state). A significant number of autonomous republics can be found within the [successor state](/source/successor_state)s of the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union), but the majority are located within [Russia](/source/Russia). Many of these republics were established during the Soviet period as [Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics](/source/Autonomous_Soviet_Socialist_Republics), or ASSRs.{{Cite book|chapter=The Constitution (Fundamental Law) of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|translator-first=William B.|translator-last=Simons|title=The Soviet Codes of Law, Issue 23 |author=Unione Sovietica|editor=[William Bradford Simons](/source/William_Bradford_Simons)|publisher=[Brill](/source/Brill_Publishers)|year=1980|isbn=9789028608108|page=25|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n_w8t0UCFRgC}} ==Autonomous republics within the former republics of the Soviet Union== {{main|Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics}} *[Republics of Russia](/source/Republics_of_Russia) *[Azerbaijan](/source/Azerbaijan): [Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic](/source/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic) *[Georgia](/source/Georgia_(country)): {{ubl|[Adjara](/source/Adjara),|[Abkhazia](/source/Government_of_the_Autonomous_Republic_of_Abkhazia) (currently controlled by the pro-Russian separatist government of the [Republic of Abkhazia](/source/Abkhazia)),|[South Ossetia](/source/Provisional_Administration_of_South_Ossetia) (also controlled by a separatist pro-Russian government that designates themselves as an autonomous republic within Georgia, the government of [South Ossetia](/source/South_Ossetia))}} *[Ukraine](/source/Ukraine): [Crimea](/source/Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea) (disputed with and occupied by Russia) *[Uzbekistan](/source/Uzbekistan): [Karakalpakstan](/source/Karakalpakstan) ==Eastern Europe== * [Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus](/source/Autonomous_Republic_of_Northern_Epirus) * [Comrat Republic](/source/Comrat_Republic) (1906, self-proclaimed) * [Republic of Tamrash](/source/Republic_of_Tamrash) ==French territories== The designation also can refer to the following 16 former French territories in Africa before 1960, when all gained independence, except for [Djibouti](/source/Djibouti), which voted in a [referendum](/source/1958_French_Somaliland_constitutional_referendum) to remain part of [France](/source/France) as an [overseas department](/source/overseas_department): * [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia) (1954) * [Togolese Republic](/source/Togolese_Republic) (February 22, 1958) * [Malagasy Republic](/source/Malagasy_Republic), today known as the [Republic of Madagascar](/source/Republic_of_Madagascar) (October 14, 1958) * [Mali Federation](/source/Mali_Federation), formed by the Sudanese Republic (now the [Republic of Mali](/source/Republic_of_Mali)) and the [Republic of Senegal](/source/Republic_of_Senegal) (November 24, 1958) * The [Republic of the Congo](/source/Republic_of_the_Congo), referred at the time as [Middle Congo](/source/Middle_Congo) (November 28, 1958) * [Islamic Republic of Mauritania](/source/Islamic_Republic_of_Mauritania) (November 28, 1958) * [Republic of Chad](/source/Republic_of_Chad) (November 28, 1958) * [Gabonese Republic](/source/Gabonese_Republic) (November 28, 1958) * [Ubangi-Shari](/source/Ubangi-Shari), referred today as the [Central African Republic](/source/Central_African_Republic) (December 1, 1958) * [Republic of Dahomey](/source/Republic_of_Dahomey), current [Republic of Benin](/source/Republic_of_Benin) (December 4, 1958) * [Republic of Ivory Coast](/source/Republic_of_Ivory_Coast) (December 4, 1958) * [Republic of Upper Volta](/source/Republic_of_Upper_Volta), current [Burkina Faso](/source/Burkina_Faso) (December 11, 1958) * [Republic of Niger](/source/Republic_of_Niger) (December 19, 1958) * [Republic of Cameroon](/source/Republic_of_Cameroon) (January 1, 1960), unified with the [British Cameroon](/source/British_Cameroon) a year later * [State of the Comoros](/source/State_of_the_Comoros) (1961) * [Territory of the Afars and the Issas](/source/French_Territory_of_the_Afars_and_the_Issas), known today as the [Republic of Djibouti](/source/Republic_of_Djibouti) (1967) * [Republic of Cochinchina](/source/Republic_of_Cochinchina) (1946–1949) ==See also== *[Autonomous administrative division](/source/Autonomous_administrative_division) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{portalbar|politics}} {{Terms for types of country subdivisions}} Category:Types of administrative division Category:Autonomous republics Category:Republic --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Autonomous republic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_republic) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_republic?action=history)). 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