Kulob Oblast (; also Kulyab Oblast from Russian spelling) was an administrative subdivision in

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

during the

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

period (

Tajik SSR The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, also commonly known as Soviet Tajikistan, the Tajik SSR, TaSSR, or simply Tajikistan, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1929 to 1991 in Central Asia. The Tajik Re ...

). It was created in 1939 but was abolished in 1955 along with Gharm Oblast and its territory was ceded to the

Districts of Republican Subordination Districts under Tajikistan Central Government Jurisdiction, also translated as Districts of Republican Subordination or Districts under Republic(an) Subordination (; , Latin Tajik alphabet: ), is a region in Tajikistan, consisting of 9 distric ...

. In 1973 it was reconstituted and this time lasted until 1988 when it and its neighbor Qurghonteppa Oblast merged to form a new region, Khatlon Oblast. In 1990, Khalton Oblast was abolished and the 2 Oblasts were reconstituted. However, this only lasted 2 more years, because in 1992, it was once again merged with the Qurghonteppa Oblast to recreate Khatlon Region. The city of Kulob (also called Kulyab) was the capital of the

oblast An oblast ( or ) is a type of administrative division in Bulgaria and several post-Soviet states, including Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Historically, it was used in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. The term ''oblast'' is often translated i ...

. The inhabitants of Kulob Oblast were referred to as Kulobis. Kulob Oblast was a center for fighting in the first year of the civil war in Tajikistan. Many important figures in the

government of Tajikistan The politics of Tajikistan nominally takes place in a framework of a presidential system, presidential republic, whereby the President of Tajikistan, President is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Legislati ...

originated from Kulob Oblast, including current president Emomali Rahmon.

Timeline

*1939: Created during Soviet period *1955: Abolished along with Gharm Oblast, territory ceded to Districts of Republican Subordination *1973: Reconstituted *1988: It and neighbor Qurghonteppa Oblast merged to form Khalton Oblast *1990: Khalton Oblast abolished, Kulob reconstituted *1992: Merged with Qurghonteppa Oblast again

References

{{Reflist Subdivisions of Tajikistan States and territories disestablished in 1992