Northern Oblast (1936–1937)
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Northern Oblast () was an administrative-territorial unit (''
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 ...
'') of the
Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR), previously known as the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and the Russian Soviet Republic, and unofficially as Soviet Russia,Declaration of Rights of the labo ...
from 1936 to 1937. Its seat was in the city of
Arkhangelsk Arkhangelsk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina near its mouth into the White Sea. The city spreads for over along the ...
. The ''oblast'' was located in the north of European Russia and its territory is currently divided between
Arkhangelsk Arkhangelsk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina near its mouth into the White Sea. The city spreads for over along the ...
,
Vologda Vologda (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda (river), Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. Population: The city serves as ...
,
Kostroma Kostroma (, ) is a historic city and the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, Russia. A part of the Golden Ring of Russian cities, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Volga and Kostroma. In the 2021 census, the population is 267, ...
and Kirov ''oblasts'' and the
Nenets Autonomous Okrug The Nenets Autonomous Okrug (; ) also known as Nenetsia ( ) is a federal subject of Russia and an autonomous okrug of Arkhangelsk Oblast. Its administrative center is the town of Naryan-Mar. It has an area of and a population of 42,090 ...
. Before 1936, the area occupied by Northern Oblast was part of
Northern Krai Northern Krai () was an administrative-territorial unit (''krai'') of the Russian SFSR from 1929 to 1936. Its seat was in the city of Arkhangelsk. The krai was located in the north of European Russia, and its territory is currently divided betwe ...
, a vast administrative unit comprising the north of Russia. The
1936 Soviet Constitution The 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union, also known as the Stalin Constitution, was the constitution of the Soviet Union adopted on 5 December 1936. The 1936 Constitution was the second constitution of the Soviet Union and replaced the 1924 ...
abolished Northern Krai and divided its territory between the
Komi Republic The Komi Republic (; ), sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia situated in the northeast of European Russia. Its capital city, capital is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Syktyvka ...
and the new Northern Oblast. Northern Oblast included 54 districts, three of which were in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. In 1937, the Oblast was split into Arkhangelsk and Vologda Oblasts. In 1941, three of its districtsLalsky, Oparinsky and Podosinovskywere transferred from Arkhangelsk Oblast to
Kirov Oblast Kirov Oblast ( rus, Кировская область, p=ˈkʲirəfskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. As of the 2010 census, the population ...
. Pavinsky and Vokhomsky District became a part of
Kostroma Oblast Kostroma Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Kostroma and its population as of the Russian Census (2021), 2021 Census i ...
. By the
1937 All-Union Census The 1937 Soviet census held on January 6, 1937, was a censuses taken within the Soviet Union. The census showed lower population figures than anticipated, although it still showed a population growth from the last census in 1926, from 147 millio ...
, the population of Northern Oblast was 2,262,255 persons. USSR Population Distribution (1937)
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Districts

The following districts were established in Northern Oblast (their administrative centers are given in parentheses): * Bereznikovsky District (
Bereznik Bereznik () is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Arkhangelsk Oblast As of 2010, nineteen inhabited localities in Arkhangelsk Oblast bear this name. ;Urban localities *Bereznik, Vinogradovsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, a work ...
); * Biryakovsky District ( Biryakovskoye); * Cherevkovsky District (
Cherevkovo Cherevkovo () is the name of several rural localities in Russia: *Cherevkovo, Arkhangelsk Oblast, a '' selo'' in Cherevkovsky Selsoviet of Krasnoborsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast * Cherevkovo, Pskov Oblast, a village in Dnovsky District of Psko ...
); * Chyobsarsky District (
Chyobsara Chyobsara () is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Sheksninsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located from Vologda. Municipally, it is incorporated as Chyobsarskoye Urban Settlement, one of the two urban settlements in the dis ...
); *
Gryazovetsky District Gryazovetsky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipal districtLaw #1114-OZ (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast and borders with Mezhdurechensky District in the north, ...
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Gryazovets Gryazovets () is a town and the administrative center of Gryazovetsky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Rzhavka River, south of Vologda, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History The first mention of Gryaz ...
); *
Kargopolsky District Kargopolsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kargopolsky Municipal District.Law #258-vneoch.-OZ It is located in th ...
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Kargopol Kargopol () is a town and the administrative center of Kargopolsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on both sides of the Onega River, several miles north of Lake Lacha, in the southwestern corner of the oblast. Population: ...
); * Karpogorsky District ( Karpogory); *
Kharovsky District Kharovsky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1127-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Vozhegodsky District in the north, Syamz ...
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Kharovsk Kharovsk () is a town and the administrative center of Kharovsky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kubena River, north of Vologda, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History In 1894, the ...
); *
Kholmogorsky District Kholmogorsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kholmogorsky Municipal District.Law #258-vneoch.-OZ It is located in the center of the oblast ...
( Kholmogory); *
Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky District Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1117-OZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Vologda Oblast, twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast and ...
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Kichmengsky Gorodok Kichmengsky Gorodok () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') and the administrative center of Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Yug River, at ...
); *
Konoshsky District Konoshsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Arkhangelsk Oblast, twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ As a subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions, municipal division, it is ...
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Konosha Konosha () is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Konoshsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Konosha River, south of Arkhangelsk. It also serves as the administrative center of Danilo ...
); *
Kotlassky District Kotlassky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kotlassky Municipal District.Law #258-vneoch.-OZ It is located in the sou ...
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Kotlas Kotlas () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Northern Dvina and Vychegda Rivers. Population: Kotlas is the third-largest town of Arkhangelsk Oblast in terms of p ...
); *
Krasnoborsky District Krasnoborsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Arkhangelsk Oblast, twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ Subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions, Municipally, it is incorpor ...
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Krasnoborsk Krasnoborsk () is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural localities in Russia: *Krasnoborsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, a ''village#Russia, selo'' in Krasnoborsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast *Krasnoborsk, Ulyanovsk Oblast, ...
); * Kubeno-Ozersky District ( Kubenskoye); * Lalsky District ( Lalsk); * Ledengsky District ( Ledengskoye); * Lensky District (
Yarensk Yarensk () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') and the administrative center of Lensky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Lensky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the ...
); *
Leshukonsky District Leshukonsky District () is an administrative district ( raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ Municipally, it is incorporated as Leshukonsky Municipal District.Law #258-vneoch.-OZ It is located in the northeast ...
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Leshukonskoye Leshukonskoye () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') and the administrative center of Leshukonsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vashka River. It also se ...
); * Lezhsky District ( Sidorovo); * Mezensky ( Mezen); *
Mezhdurechensky District Mezhdurechensky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia: * Mezhdurechensky District, Kemerovo Oblast, an administrative district of Kemerovo Oblast * Mezhdurechensky District, Vologda Oblast, an administra ...
( Shuyskoye); *
Nikolsky District Nikolsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia: * Nikolsky District, Penza Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Penza Oblast *Nikolsky District, Vologda Oblast, an administrative and munic ...
( Nikolsk); *
Nyuksensky District Nyuksensky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1120-OZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Vologda Oblast, twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders ...
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Nyuksenitsa Nyuksenitsa () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') and the administrative center of Nyuksensky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Sukhona River. It also serves as ...
); *
Nyandomsky District Nyandomsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Nyandomsky Municipal District.Law #258-vneoch.-OZ It is located in the s ...
( Nyandoma); *
Onezhsky District Onezhsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Arkhangelsk Oblast, twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ As a subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions, municipal division, it is ...
( Onega); *
Oparinsky District Oparinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #203-ZO and municipalLaw #284-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast Kirov Oblast ( rus, Кировская область, p=ˈkʲirəfskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject ...
( Oparino); *
Pavinsky District Pavinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #112-4-ZKO and municipalLaw #237-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative c ...
( Pavino); *
Pinezhsky District Pinezhsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ Municipally, it is incorporated as Pinezhsky Municipal District.Law #258-vneoch.-OZ It is located in the northeast of th ...
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Pinega Pinega () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a settlement), formerly a town, in Pinezhsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Pinega River (hence the name). It serves as the administr ...
); *
Plesetsky District Plesetsky District () is an administrative district (raion) one of the administrative divisions of Arkhangelsk Oblast, twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ As a subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions, municipal division, it is ...
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Plesetsk Plesetsk () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Plesetsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, situated about northeast of Moscow and south of Arkhangelsk. Municipally, it is the administrative center ...
); *
Podosinovsky District Podosinovsky District () is an administrativeLaw #203-ZO and municipalLaw #284-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative cente ...
( Podosinovets); *
Primorsky District Primorsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. The name literally means "near the sea". Districts of the federal subjects *Primorsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, an administrative and municipal distr ...
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Arkhangelsk Arkhangelsk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina near its mouth into the White Sea. The city spreads for over along the ...
); * Priozyorny District ( Konyovo); * Rovdinsky District ( Rovdino); * Roslyatinsky District ( Roslyatino); *
Shenkursky District Shenkursky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Arkhangelsk Oblast, twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ As a subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions, municipal division, it i ...
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Shenkursk Shenkursk () is a town and the administrative center of Shenkursky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Vaga River. Population: Geography Climate History Shenkursk was first mentioned in documents of N ...
); * Sokolsky District (
Sokol Sokol, Sokół or SOKOL may refer to: Sports * Sokol movement, a Pan-Slavic physical education movement, and its various incarnations: ** Czech Sokol movement, the original one ** Polish Sokół movement ** Russian Sokol movement ** Sokol mov ...
); *
Syamzhensky District Syamzhensky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1122-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Vozhegodsky District in the north, Ve ...
( Yarygino); *
Tarnogsky District Tarnogsky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1123-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Ustyansky District of Arkhangelsk Obl ...
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Tarnogsky Gorodok Tarnogsky Gorodok () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') and the administrative center of Tarnogsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kokshenga River, at its c ...
); *
Totemsky District Totemsky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1114-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast and borders with Verkhovazhsky and Tarnogsky Districts in t ...
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Totma Totma () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Totemsky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Sukhona River at its confluence with the Pesya Denga River, Pesya Denga, no ...
); * Ust-Alekseevsky District ( Ust-Alekseevo); *
Ust-Kubinsky District Ust-Kubinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1125-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Vozhegodsky District in the north, K ...
( Ustye); * Ustyansky District ( Shangaly); *
Velikoustyugsky District Velikoustyugsky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1109-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Kotlassky District of Arkhangel ...
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Veliky Ustyug Veliky Ustyug () is a town in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located in the northeast of the oblast at the confluence of the Sukhona and Yug Rivers. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 31,665. Veliky Ustyug has a great historical signific ...
); * Velsky (
Velsk Velsk () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Velsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vel River (Arkhangelsk Oblast), Vel River at its confluence with the Vaga ...
); *
Verkhnetoyemsky District Verkhnetoyemsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ Municipally, it is incorporated as Verkhnetoyemsky Municipal District.Law #258-vneoch.-OZ It is located in the sou ...
( Verkhnyaya Toyma); * Verkhovazhsky District ( Verkhovazhye); *
Vilegodsky District Vilegodsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ Municipally, it is incorporated as Vilegodsky Municipal District.Law #258-vneoch.-OZ It is located in the southeast of ...
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Ilyinsko-Podomskoye Ilyinsko-Podomskoye () is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Vilegodsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Viled River. It also serves as the administrative center of Ilyinsky Sel ...
); *
Vokhomsky District Vokhomsky District () is an administrativeLaw #112-4-ZKO and municipalLaw #237-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative cente ...
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Vokhma Vokhma () is a rural locality (a ''settlement'') and the administrative center of Vokhomsky District, Kostroma Oblast, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countri ...
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Vozhegodsky District Vozhegodsky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1111-OZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Vologda Oblast, twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast and borders wi ...
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Vozhega Vozhega () is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Vozhegodsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia. It also serves as the administrative center of Vozhegodsky Selsoviet, although it is not part of it. Mu ...
); * Yemetsky District (
Yemetsk Yemetsk () is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Yemetskoye Rural Settlement of Kholmogorsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast ( rus, Архангельская область, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲskəj ...
). Three districts belonged to the Nenets National Okrug: * Bolshezemelsky District ( Khoseda-Khard); * Kanino-Timansky District ( Nizhnyaya Pyosha); * Nizhne-Pechorsky District ( Oksino).


References

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