title: Modern Kyrgyzstan
abstract: Modern Kyrgyzstan emerged as a political entity in 1924 when the Kara-Kyrgyz Autonomous Oblast (KKAO) was established as an autonomous <italic>oblast</italic> (province) under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation after the completion of the border delimitation in Central Asia (1924–1926). However, the <italic>oblast</italic> very soon was renamed Kyrgyz Autonomous Oblast (May 1925). The <italic>oblast</italic> was upgraded to the status of the Kyrgyz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (K
journal: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History