Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Kirghiz SSR (Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic) also known as Kirghizia was the name for Kyrgyzstan during its being as the part of USSR. It was established in 1936 as a constituency republic of the USSR, having previously been part of the Russian SFSR. It declared independence in 1991. See also: Republics of the Soviet Union This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.