Ural Oblast (1923–1934)

Ural Oblast
Уральская область (Russian)
Oblast of the Russian SFSR
1923–1934

Ural Oblast in 1925
CapitalSverdlovsk
Area 
• 
1,659,000 km2 (641,000 sq mi)
Population 
• 
6,380,000
History 
• Established
1923
• Disestablished
1934
Political subdivisionsokrugs and rayons, number of them was often changed
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Perm Governorate
Yekaterinburg Governorate
Tyumen Governorate
Chelyabinsk Governorate
Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Chelyabinsk Oblast

The Ural Oblast (Russian: Уральская область) was an oblast of the Russian SFSR within the USSR. It was created November 3, 1923 by the merger of Perm, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk and Tyumen Governorates.[1] The capital of the oblast was Sverdlovsk. At the time of its creation area of oblast was 1,659,000 km2 and the population was 6,380,000.

On February 26, 1925, Komi-Permyak Okrug was separated from the western portion of the oblast.

In 1927, the oblast was divided into 16 okrugs and 210 rayons. Okrugs included: Verkhne-Kamsky, Zlatoustovsky, Irbitsky, Ishimsky, Komi-Permyatsky, Kungursky, Kurgansky, Permsky, Sarapulsky, Sverdlovsky, Tagilsky, Tobolsky, Troitsky, Tyumensky, Chelyabinsky and Shadrinsky. Borders between okrugs and rayons often changed.

On August 8, 1930, okrugs were abolished. On December 10, 1930, Ostyak-Vogul and Yamal (Nenets) national okrugs were created in the northern part of former Tobolsky okrug. On January 17, 1934, the oblast was abolished and was replaced by Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk and Ob-Irtysh oblasts. At the end of 1933, the oblast's area was 1,896,000 km2.

Districts of the Ural Oblast on March 1, 1933

References

  1. ^ "Постановление ВЦИК от 03.11.1923". www.libussr.ru. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  • Дидковский Б. (сост.) (1926). Районы Уральской области в границах на 1 января 1926 года [Districts of the Ural Oblast within the borders of January 1, 1926] (Map). 1:4,000,000 (in Russian). Свердловск: Изд. Уралсовета, АО Уралкнига. p. 1. Link on derivative.