The Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (, Yakutskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika; , Saxa avtonomnay sebieskey sotsialistiçyeskey ryespublikata), Soviet Yakutia, or the Yakut ASSR (, Yakutskaya ASSR), was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union. History It was created on April 27 1922, during the Yakut revolt, and was transformed into the Sakha Republic in 1991. See also First Secretary of the Yakut Communist Party Notes References Autonomous republics of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic States and territories established in 1922 States and territories disestablished in 1991 Former socialist republics 1922 establishments in Russia 1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union History of the Sakha Republic