Semipalatinsk Oblast ( kz, Семей облысы, ''Semei oblysy''; russian: Семипала́тинская о́бласть) was an administrative division of the

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic ; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы) *1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы) , linking_name = the ...

in the

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 ...

, established on October 14, 1939 from parts of

East Kazakhstan East Kazakhstan Region ( kk, Шығыс Қазақстан облысы, translit=Şyğys Qazaqstan oblysy; russian: Восточно-Казахстанская область, Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. It occupi ...

and Alma-Ata Oblasts.Decree of October 14, 1939 Upon

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

's independence in 1991, the oblast continued to exist until 1997, when it was merged back into East Kazakhstan Oblast.

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* 1930s establishments in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic * {{Kazakhstan-geo-stub