Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union

Autonomous oblasts of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics were administrative units created for a number of smaller nations, which were given autonomy within the fifteen republics of the USSR .

According to the constitution of the USSR , in case of a union republic voting on leaving the Soviet Union, autonomous republics , autonomous oblasts and autonomous okrugs had the right, by means of a referendum , to independently resolve whether they will stay in the USSR or leave with the seceding union republic , as well as to raise the issue of their state-legal status. ^[1]

Azerbaijan SSR [ edit ]

Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (now Azerbaijan )

Georgian SSR [ edit ]

South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast (now Provisional Administration of South Ossetia / Republic of South Ossetia?the State of Alania )

Russian SFSR [ edit ]

While the 1978 Constitution of the RSFSR specified that the autonomous oblasts are subordinated to the krais , this clause was removed in the December 15, 1990, revision, when it was specified that the autonomous oblasts were to be directly subordinated to the Russian SFSR . In June 1991, five autonomous oblasts existed within the RSFSR, four of which were elevated to the status of republic on July 3, 1991:

Adyghe Autonomous Oblast (now Republic of Adygea )
Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast (now Altai Republic )
Jewish Autonomous Oblast (independent from Khabarovsk Krai since 1991)
Karachay?Cherkess Autonomous Oblast (now the Karachay?Cherkess Republic )
Khakassian Autonomous Oblast (now Republic of Khakassia )

Other autonomous oblasts also existed at earlier points of the Soviet history:

Chechen Autonomous Oblast (1922?1934; merged into the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Oblast; now Chechen Republic )
Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Oblast (1934?1936; turned into the Chechen-Ingush ASSR )
Cherkess Autonomous Oblast ( Cherkess National District 1926?1928; Cherkess AO 1928?1957; later merged into Karachay?Cherkess AO)
Chuvash Autonomous Oblast (1920?1925; now Chuvash Republic )
Ingush Autonomous Oblast (1924?1934; merged into the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Oblast; now Republic of Ingushetia )
Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Oblast (1921?1936; now Kabardino-Balkar Republic )
Kalmyk Autonomous Oblast (1920?1935; now Republic of Kalmykia )
Kara-Kyrgyz Autonomous Oblast (1924?1926; renamed Kyrgyz Autonomous Oblast in 1924, became an autonomous republic in 1926 ( Kyrgyz ASSR ), a full union republic in 1936 ( Kyrgyz SSR ), and now the independent state of Kyrgyzstan )
Komi-Zyryan Autonomous Oblast (1922?1936; now Komi Republic )
Mari Autonomous Oblast (1920?1936; now Mari El Republic )
North Ossetian Autonomous Oblast (1924?1936; now Republic of North Ossetia?Alania )
Tuvan Autonomous Oblast (1944?1961; now Tuva Republic )
Udmurt Autonomous Oblast (1920?1934; now Udmurt Republic )
Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast (1925?1932; until 1930 within the Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic , 1930-1932 under direct jurisdictions of the RSFSR, 1932-1936 an autonomous SSR within the RSFSR; from 1936 belongs to the Uzbek SSR ; now called Karakalpakstan )

Tajik SSR [ edit ]

Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (now Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region )

Ukrainian SSR [ edit ]

Moldavian Autonomous Oblast (1924; became an autonomous republic ( Moldavian ASSR ) only months after its formation, a union republic ( Moldavian SSR ) in 1940, and now the independent Moldova , however, de facto , almost all areas are controlled by the Transnistria .)

References [ edit ]

^ "СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК. ЗАКОН О порядке решения вопросов, связанных с выходом союзной республики из СССР" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 12 September 2016 . Retrieved 13 June 2022 .

[1] "СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК. ЗАКОН О порядке решения вопросов, связанных с выходом союзной республики из СССР" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 12 September 2016 . Retrieved 13 June 2022 .

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