North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Цӕгат Ирыстоны ACCP (Ossetian)
Северо-Осетинская АССР (Russian)
ASSR of the Russian SFSR
Republic of the Russian Federation
5 December 1936–9 November 1993
CapitalVladikavkaz
DemonymNorth Ossetian
Ossetian
  TypeSoviet republic
History 
 Established
5 December 1936
 Disestablished
9 November 1993
Preceded by
Succeeded by
North Ossetian Autonomous Oblast
North Ossetia–Alania
Today part ofRussia
 · North Ossetia–Alania

The North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Ossetian: Цӕгат Ирыстоны Автономон Советон Социалистон Республикӕ, romanized: Tsagât Ireštone Âvtonomon Šovêton Šotsiâlišton Rêšpublika; Russian: Северо-Осетинская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика, romanized: Severo-Osetinskaja Avtonomnaja Sovetskaja Socialističeskaja Respublika) was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union. It existed from 5 December 1936 until 9 November 1993, when it became the Republic of North Ossetia (since 1994 the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania), a federal subject of Russia.