Khakas Autonomous Oblast

The Khakas Autonomous Oblast (russian: Хакасская автономная область;

Khakas The Khakas (also spelled Khakass; Khakas: , ''khakas'', , ''tadar'', , ''khakastar'', , ''tadarlar'') are a Turkic indigenous people of Siberia, who live in the republic of Khakassia, Russia. They speak the Khakas language. The Khakhassian ...

: Хакас автоном облазы), abbreviated as Khakas AO (russian: Хакасская АО;

: Хакас АО) or KhAO (russian: ХАО;

: ХАО), was part of the 1934 created

Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Si ...

within 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 List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

. Until 1991, Khakas Autonomous Oblast was administratively subordinated to

. In July 1991, it was elevated in status to that of an autonomous Soviet socialist republic, and in February 1992 it became the

Republic of Khakassia Khakassia (russian: Хакасия; kjh, Хакасия, Хакас Чирі, ''Khakasiya'', ''Khakas Çiri''), officially the Republic of Khakassia (russian: Республика Хакасия, r=Respublika Khakasiya, ; kjh, Хакас Рес ...

. Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union 1930 establishments in the Soviet Union 1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union History of Khakassia {{Soviet-stub