The Cherkess Autonomous Oblast ( rus, Черкесская автономная область, Cherkesskaya avtonomnaya oblast; kbd, Черкес автономнэ область, ''Čérkés avtonomne oblast’'') or Cherkessia ( rus, Черкесия, Cherkesiya; kbd, Шэрджэс, ''Šerdžes'', or , ''Čérkés xekw'') was an
autonomous oblast of the
Russian SFSR
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
,
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
, created on April 26, 1926
by the split of the
Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast
Karachay-Cherkessia Autonomous Oblast (; krc, Къарачай-Черкес автоном область, translit=Qaraçay-Çerkes avtonom oblast; kbd, Къэрэшей-Черкес автономнэ область , translit=Qərəṩey-Cher ...
. It was called the Cherkess National Okrug ( rus, Черкесский национальный округ, Cherkessky natsionalny okrug) until April 30, 1928.
It was dissolved in 1957 by the creation of the new
Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast
Karachay-Cherkessia Autonomous Oblast (; krc, Къарачай-Черкес автоном область, translit=Qaraçay-Çerkes avtonom oblast; kbd, Къэрэшей-Черкес автономнэ область , translit=Qərəṩey-Cher ...
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
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;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
References
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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