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Why were certain ethnic minority areas of the Russian Empire given their own SSRs (Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Georgian, etc), while other ethnic minority areas (Chechnya, Tuva, etc) remained part of the Russian SFSR?

by /u/theentropydecreaser in /r/AskHistorians

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