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KazSSR oblasts 1959
Semipalatinsk Oblast
(
Kazakh
:
Семей облысы
,
Semei oblysy
;
Russian
:
Семипала?тинская о?бласть
) was an administrative division of the
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
in the
Soviet Union
, established on October 14, 1939 from parts of
East Kazakhstan
and
Alma-Ata Oblasts
.
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Upon
Kazakhstan
's independence in 1991, the oblast continued to exist until 1997, when it was merged back into East Kazakhstan Oblast. In 2022, the region was reconstituted as the
Abai Region
, with its administrative centre still located in
Semey
.
It contained the
Semipalatinsk Test Site
,
Dolon (air base)
and
Dolon Southwest
air base.
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Decree of October 14, 1939
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