The Cherkess Autonomous Oblast (; , ''Čérkés avtonomne oblast’'') or Cherkessia (; , ''Šerdžes'', or , ''Čérkés xekw'') was an

autonomous oblast An autonomous oblast is an autonomous entity within the state which is on the ''oblast'' (province) level of the overall administrative subdivision. There were autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union and later some federal subjects of Russia w ...

of the

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, created on April 26, 1926, by the split of the Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast. It was called the Cherkess National Okrug () until April 30, 1928. It was dissolved in 1957 by the creation of the new Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast.Encyclopædia Britannica
/ref> ;Territorial changes of the Cherkess Autonomous Oblast File:Karach-and-Circ- aut-reg1928.png, 1928 File:Circassian and Karachay Autonomous Region.png, 1934 File:Karachay.JPG, 1943 File:Circassian Autonomous Region1950.png, 1950

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{{Use mdy dates, date=April 2017 1926 establishments in the Soviet Union 1957 disestablishments in the Soviet Union Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union History of Karachay-Cherkessia States and territories established in 1926 States and territories disestablished in 1957