Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика Немцев Поволжья (Russian)
*Autonome Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik der Wolgadeutschen* (German)
Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика Немцев Поволжья (Russian); Autonome Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik der Wolgadeutschen (German)
ASSR of the Russian SFSR
1918–1941
	Flag State emblem
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Capital	Engelsa
Area
• 1941	28,400 km2 (11,000 sq mi)
Population
• 1941	606,000
Government
• Motto	Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch!; (English: Workers of the world, unite!)
Chairman (Central Executive Committee)
• October 1918 – March 1919	Ernst Reuter
Legislature	Supreme Council of the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
History
• Established	19 October 1918
• Disestablished	7 September 1941
Political subdivisions	14 cantons
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Samara Governorate
Saratov Oblast
Stalingrad Oblast
Today part of	Russia Volgograd Oblast; Saratov Oblast;
	a. Known as "Pokrovsk" or "Kosakenstadt" before 1931.

The Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (German: Autonome Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik der Wolgadeutschen; Russian: Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика Немцев Поволжья, romanized: Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika Nemtsev Povolzh'ya), abbreviated as the Volga German ASSR, was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR. Its capital city was Engels (known as Pokrovsk or Kosakenstadt before 1931) located on the Volga River. As a result of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, the republic was abolished and Volga Germans were exiled.