Legal consequences of the collapse of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Abstract

The author examines the article evolutionary processes of formation, existence, and the reorganization of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in terms of geopolitical changes in the world. The paper presents the various scientific approaches to the definition of political and legal modes of formation and dissociation as Turkestan republic in the USSR, organizational and legal preconditions and consequences of restructuring and changes its status as a subject of international relations in the context of understanding of international law. A result of research author grouped and allocated to the main legal implications of the investigated processes, which were the result of actions of the Soviet leadership in the 20-30 years XX century, revealed the author’s vision problems ensuing from these events. Key words: Turkestan, SSR, autonomy, legal consequences succession.