Ganja Oblast was an administrative-territorial unit of the

Azerbaijan SSR The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, also referred to as the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR, Azerbaijani SSR, AzSSR, Soviet Azerbaijan or simply Azerbaijan, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union be ...

that existed in 1952 and 1953. The administrative center was the city of

Kirovabad Ganja (; ) is Azerbaijan's third largest city, with a population of around 335,600.Azərbaycan Respublikası. — 2. Azərbaycan Respublikasının iqtisadi və inzibati rayonları. — 2.4. Azərbaycan Respublikasının iqtisadi və inzibati r ...

. Ganja Oblast is now a region in

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

, which includes the Agdash, Agstafa, Barda, Dashkasan, Gadabay, Goranboy, Khanlar, Qazakh, Samukh, Shamkir, and Yevlakh rayons.

History

Gäncä became an important centre of trade, but in 1231 it was again leveled, this time by the Mongols. Captured in 1606 by the Persians, it became the centre of the Gäncä khanate. Ganja Oblast (along with Baku Oblast) was formed on April 3, 1952, as part of an experiment to introduce regional divisions within the union republics of

Transcaucasia The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and West Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains. The South Caucasus roughly corresponds to modern Armenia, ...

. The Ganja region was located in the western part of the republic and was divided into 28 districts: Aghdam, Agdash, Aghjabedinsky, Akstafa, Barda, Belokansky, Vartashensky, Geokchay, Dostafursky, Yevlakh, Zakatala, Zardobsky, Kazakh, Kasum-Ismailovsky, Kakhsky, Gadabay, Kalbajar, Kutkashensky , Mir-Bashir, Nukha, Samukh, Safaraliev, Tauz, Ujar, Khaldan, Khanlar, Shamkhor and Shahumyan. After one year, the experiment was declared unsuccessful, and the region was abolished by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the

USSR 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 ...

April 23, 1953.

References

{{reflist Oblasts of the Soviet Union 1952 establishments in Azerbaijan 1953 disestablishments in the Soviet Union