russian: Вилейская область , conventional_long_name = Vileyka Voblast , common_name = Vileyka , subdivision =

Voblast An oblast (; ; Cyrillic script, Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian language, Russian and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian): , Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgy ...

, nation = the

Byelorussian SSR The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор� ...

, year_start = 1939 , date_start = December 4 , year_end = 1944 , date_end = September 20 , p1 = Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939) , flag_p1 = Flag of Poland.svg , s1 = Maladzyechna Voblast , flag_s1 = Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1937-1951).svg , image_flag = , image_map = Вілейская вобласць БССР (студзень 1940).svg , image_map_caption = Map of the

in 1940,
of which Vileyka Voblast was a part. , capital = Vileyka , coordinates = , political_subdiv = 22

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 , stat_year1 = 1941 , stat_area1 = 20700 , stat_pop1 = 938000 , footnotes = Vileyka Voblast ( be, Вілейская вобласць, russian: Вилейская область) was a territorial entity in the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic created on 4 December 1939 out of the eastern powiats of the Wilno Voivodeship after the

annexation Annexation (Latin ''ad'', to, and ''nexus'', joining), in international law, is the forcible acquisition of one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory. It is generally held to be an illegal act ...

West Belarus Western Belorussia or Western Belarus ( be, Заходняя Беларусь, translit=Zachodniaja Bielaruś; pl, Zachodnia Białoruś; russian: Западная Белоруссия, translit=Zapadnaya Belorussiya) is a historical region of mod ...

(then part of the Kresy Zachodnie region in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

) into the

BSSR The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор� ...

on 14 November 1939. The administrative centre of the province was the city of

Vileyka Vileyka ( officially transliterated as Viliejka, be, Віле́йка , also ''Вялейка''; russian: Вилейка; lt, Vileika; pl, Wilejka) is a city in Belarus and the administrative center of the Vileyka District of Minsk Region. It i ...

. Initially the oblast consisted of Vileyka,

Ashmyany Ashmyany ( be, Ашмя́ны; Łacinka: ''Ašmiany''; russian: Ошмя́ны; lt, Ašmena; pl, Oszmiana; yi, אָשמענע, ''Oshmene'') is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus, located at 50 km from Vilnius. The town is Ashmyany District' ...

, Braslav,

Dzisna Dzisna ( be, Дзісна, russian: Дисна, lt, Dysna, pl, Dzisna) is a town in the Vitebsk Region of Belarus. It is located on the left bank of the Daugava River, near the confluence of Dysna. It has 1,500 inhabitants (2017 estimate) wh ...

Postavy Pastavy ( be, Паставы, lt, Pastovys, russian: Поставы, pl, Postawy) is a city in the Vitebsk Region of Belarus, an administrative center of Pastavy District. Location Pastavy is located on the river Myadelki. Postavy Air Base is ...

and Sventiany raions. In January 1940, it consisted of 22

s: Ostrovets,

Oshmyany Ashmyany ( be, Ашмя́ны; Belarusian Latin alphabet, Łacinka: ''Ašmiany''; russian: Ошмя́ны; lt, Ašmena; pl, Oszmiana; yi, אָשמענע, ''Oshmene'') is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus, located at 50 km from Vilnius. The ...

, Braslav,

Vidzy Vidzy (; ; ; ; ) is an urban settlement in the Vitebsk Region, in Belarus. In 2014, its population was .Official estimation of the population on 1 January 2014, se''pop-stat.mashke.org'' History During World War II, Vidzy was occupied by Nazi G ...

, Gadutsishki, Glubokoye,

, Dokshitsi, Dunilovichi,

Ilya Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, or Ilija (russian: Илья́, Il'ja, , or russian: Илия́, Ilija, ; uk, Ілля́, Illia, ; be, Ілья́, Iĺja ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/Jah." ...

, Krivichi, Kurenets,

Molodechno Maladzyechna ( be, Маладзе́чна, Maladziečna, ; russian: Молоде́чно, Molodechno; pl, Mołodeczno) is a city in the Minsk Region of Belarus, an administrative centre of the Maladzyechna District (and formerly of the Maladzyech ...

, Miory, Miadzieł,

, Wagtails (its centre was Plisa), Radashkovichy, Smorgon, Sventiany, Svir and Dergachi (its centre was Sharkovshchina). In November 1940, the raions of Gadutsishki and Sventiany as well as parts of the Ostrovets,

and Svir raions were transferred to the

Lithuanian SSR The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian SSR; lt, Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika; russian: Литовская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Litovskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialistiche ...

. Also, during the German occupation between 1941 and 1944, Oshmyany raion was part of Wilna Land General Bezirk at Litauen and the city of Vileyka Glubokoye was part of General Bezirk Weissruthenien in

Reichskommissariat Ostland The Reichskommissariat Ostland (RKO) was established by Nazi Germany in 1941 during World War II. It became the civilian occupation regime in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the western part of Byelorussian SSR. German planning documents initia ...

. On September 20, 1944, the oblast was renamed to

Maladzyechna Voblast russian: Молодечненская область , conventional_long_name = Maladzyechna Voblast , common_name = Maladzyechna , subdivision = Voblast , nation = Byelorussian SSR , year_start ...

and the administrative centre was relocated to

Maladzyechna Maladzyechna ( be, Маладзе́чна, Maladziečna, ; russian: Молоде́чно, Molodechno; pl, Mołodeczno) is a city in the Minsk Region of Belarus, an administrative centre of the Maladzyechna District (and formerly of the Maladzyech ...

. On the same day, the raions of Braslav,

, Glubokoye, Dzisna, Dokshitsi, Dunilovichi, Miory, Plisa, and Sharkovshchina and the Kuropolye village of Postavy raion were transferred to Polatsk Voblast and

Iwye Iwye ( be, Іўе ; lt, Yvija; russian: Ивье ; pl, Iwje; yi, איוויע ''Ivye'') is a city and former shtetl in Belarus in the Grodno Region, 158 km east of Grodno. It is a station on the railway line between Lida and Maladzyechna ...

Volozhin Valozhyn, Vałožyn or Volozhin ( be, Вало́жын, , russian: Воло́жин, lt, Valažinas, pl, Wołożyn, yi, וואָלאָזשין ''Volozhin''; also written as Wolozin and Wolozhin) is a town in the Minsk Region of Belarus. The pop ...

and Yuratishki raions of

Baranavichy Voblast russian: Барановичская Область , common_name = Baranavichy , subdivision = Voblast , nation = Byelorussian SSR , p1 = Navahrudak Voblast , flag_p1 = ...

were transferred to Maladzyechna. Vileyka, the former voblast centre, was part of Kurenets raion and became a raion centre after the Kurenets raion's centre was relocated to it and the raion was renamed Vileyka on 5 July 1946.

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Administrative division of Belarus: a historical information
Former subdivisions of Belarus Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland 1939–1941 {{Belarus-geo-stub