In 1924, the Turkmen S.S.R.

is formed out of the Turkmen province, together with the Turkmen rayony (sectors) of the former Khorezmian Republic (Tashauz [now Dashhowuz], Takhta [now Tagta], Ilyata, Kunya-Urgench, and Porsa) and of the Bukhara Republic (Chardzhou [now Chürjew], Kerki, and part of Sherabad).

The following year, it formally becomes one of the USSR's constituent republics.

This is the first time that Turkmens experience even nominal political unity.