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The Udmurt Autonomous Oblast (russian: Удмуртская автономная область ; udm, Удмурт автономи улос ) was formed on 4 November 1920 as the Votyak Autonomous Oblast (russian: Вотская автономная область, links=no ; udm, Вотяк автономи улос, links=no ), " Votyak" being an obsolete name for the
Udmurt people The Udmurts ( udm, Удмуртъёс, ) are a Permian ( Finnic) ethnic group in Eastern Europe, who speak the Udmurt language. In the course of history, Russian-speakers have referred to them as ' (), Otyaks, Wotyaks or Votyaks. Etymology The ...
. It was renamed Udmurt Autonomous Oblast on 1 January 1932 and was reorganized into the Udmurt ASSR on 28 December 1934. This became the
Udmurt Republic Udmurtia (russian: Удму́ртия, r=Udmúrtiya, p=ʊˈdmurtʲɪjə; udm, Удмуртия, ''Udmurtija''), or the Udmurt Republic (russian: Удмуртская Республика, udm, Удмурт Республика, Удмурт ...
on 20 September 1990.


See also

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First Secretary of the Udmurt Communist Party The First Secretary of the Udmurt regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the Votyak AO (1920–1932), Udmurt AO (1932–1934) and the Udmurt ASSR (1934–1991) in the Russian SFSR of the ...


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Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union History of Udmurtia States and territories established in 1932 States and territories disestablished in 1934 1932 establishments in the Soviet Union 1934 disestablishments in the Soviet Union {{Soviet-stub