Alash Autonomy

Infobox Former Country
native_name = Алаш аутономиясы
conventional_long_name = Alash Autonomy
common_name = Alash
continent = moved from Category:Asia to Central Asia
region = Central Asia
country = Kazakhstan
era = World War I
status = Unrecognized state
government_type = Republic
event_start =
year_start = 1917
date_start = December 13
event_end =
year_end = 1920
date_end = August 26
p1 = Russian Empire
flag_p1 = Russian Empire 1914 17.svg
s1 = Kazakh ASSR
flag_s1 = Flag RSFSR 1918.svg

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image_map_caption =
capital = Semey (Alash-qala)
national_motto = Alash! (Oyan, Qazaq!)
common_languages = Kazakh, Russian
religion = Sunni Islam
leader1 = Alikhan Bokeikhanov
title_leader = Chairman of Alash Orda
footnotes =

Alash Autonomy ( _kk. Алаш аутономиясы) was a state that existed between December 13 1917 and August 26 1920, located roughly on the territory of present day Republic of Kazakhstan. The capital city was Semey (referred to at the time as "Alash-qala").

The Alash Autonomy of the Kazakh people was proclaimed in December 1917. Alash leaders established Alash Orda, a Kazakh government, which was aligned with the White Army and fought against the Bolsheviks. In 1919, when the White forces were losing, Alash Autonomous government began negotiations with the Bolsheviks. In 1919–20 the Bolsheviks defeated the White Russian forces in the region and occupied Kazakhstan. On August 26, 1920, the Soviet government disbanded the Alash Autonomy, and established the Kyrgyz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, which in 1925 changed its name to Kazak ASSR and to Kazakh SSR in 1936.

See also

* Alash Orda