Autonomous republic
An autonomous republic is a type of administrative division similar to a province or state. A significant number of autonomous republics can be found within the successor states of the Soviet Union, but the majority are located within Russia. Many of these republics were established during the Soviet period as Autonomous [Soviet Socialist Republics], or ASSRs.
Autonomous republics within the former republics of the Soviet Union
- Republics of Russia
- Azerbaijan: Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
- Georgia:
- Ukraine: Autonomous [Republic of Crimea|Crimea]
- Uzbekistan: Karakalpakstan
Eastern Europe
French territories
The designation also can refer to the following 16 former French territories in Africa before 1960, when all gained independence, except for Djibouti, which voted in a referendum to remain part of France as an overseas department:- Tunisia
- Togolese Republic
- Malagasy Republic, today known as the Republic of Madagascar
- Mali Federation, formed by the Sudanese Republic and the Republic of Senegal
- The Republic of the Congo, referred at the time as Middle Congo
- Islamic Republic of Mauritania
- Republic of Chad
- Gabonese Republic
- Ubangi-Shari, referred today as the Central African Republic
- Republic of Dahomey, current Republic of Benin
- Republic of Ivory Coast
- Republic of Upper Volta, current Burkina Faso
- Republic of Niger
- Republic of Cameroon, unified with the British Cameroon a year later
- State of the Comoros
- Territory of the Afars and the Issas, known today as the Republic of Djibouti
- Republic of Cochinchina