Khabarovsk Oblast () was an administrative division (an ''

oblast An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdom of ...

'') of the

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

which existed between 1934 and 1939. Its seat was in the city of

Khabarovsk Khabarovsk ( rus, Хабaровск, a=Хабаровск.ogg, r=Habárovsk, p=xɐˈbarəfsk) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative centre of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia,Law #109 located from the China ...

. The oblast was located in the eastern part of the

Russian Far East The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admini ...

, and its territory is currently divided between

and Primorsky Krais. The oblast was created as part of the

Far Eastern Krai Far Eastern Krai (Russian: Дальневосточный край) or Far Eastern Territory was a krai of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic of the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1938. Its capital was Khabarovsk. It was the largest admin ...

and briefly became part of the newly created Khabarovsk Krai when the former was abolished in 1938, before being merged into the latter.

History

Khabarovsk Oblast was created as part of the

by a resolution of the

All-Russian Central Executive Committee The All-Russian Central Executive Committee ( rus, Всероссийский Центральный Исполнительный Комитет, Vserossiysky Centralny Ispolnitelny Komitet, VTsIK) was the highest legislative, administrative and r ...

(VTsIK) on 22 July 1934, with its seat in the city of

. It was subdivided into seven districts (

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...

s): Bikinsky, Vyazemsky, Kalininsky, Komsomolsky, Kur-Urminsky National, Nanaysky National, and Khabarovsky. The oblast had a population of 264,000 in 1934 and included an area of . A VTsIK resolution of 25 January 1935 created Verinsky District (

Lazovsky District Lazovsky District (russian: Лазо́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #136-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai on the eastern s ...

from 1 April) from part of Vyazemsky District, and Novopokrovsky District (Postyshevsky District from 20 February 1935 and Krasnoarmeysky District from 20 March 1938). Komsomolsky District was abolished on 27 May and Khabarovsky followed on 31 December. Khabarovsky District was reestablished by a VTSiK resolution of 31 May 1937. On 20 October 1938 the oblast became part of

Khabarovsk Krai Khabarovsk Krai ( rus, Хабаровский край, r=Khabarovsky kray, p=xɐˈbarəfskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Russian Far East and is a part of the Far Eastern Federal District ...

when the Far Eastern Krai was abolished and its territory split, except for the Kalininsky and Krasnoarmeysky Districts, which joined

Primorsky Krai Primorsky Krai (russian: Приморский край, r=Primorsky kray, p=prʲɪˈmorskʲɪj kraj), informally known as Primorye (, ), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of the ...

. Bikinsky District was simultaneously abolished, with 26 of its

selsoviet Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...

s being transferred to Primorsky Krai, and the remaining thirteen joining Vyazemsky District. The oblast was abolished by a decree of the

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was the collective head of state of the Russian SFSR and the permanent body of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR that was accountable to the Supreme Sovi ...

on 26 May, with its districts directly administered by Khabarovsk Krai.

References

{{coord missing, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai Oblasts of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic History of the Russian Far East History of Primorsky Krai