The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic ( O`zbekiston Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikasi; Uzbekskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), also known as the Uzbek SSR for short, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union since its creation in 1924. In the end of 1991, the Uzbek SSR became independent and was renamed the Republic of Uzbekistan.
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