The Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast () was an autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union, inhabited by the

Altai people The Altai people (, ), also the Altaians (, ), are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group of indigenous peoples of Siberia mainly living in the Altai Republic, Russia. Several thousand of the Altaians also live in Mongolia (Altai Mountains) and C ...

. Formed as the Oyrot Autonomous Oblast () in 1922, it was later renamed in 1948. It was upgraded into an ASSR in 1990, shortly before the

dissolution of the Soviet Union The Soviet Union was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration No. 142-N of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Declaration No. 142-Н of ...

. It corresponds to the current

Altai Republic The Altai Republic, also known as the Gorno-Altai Republic, is a republic of Russia located in southern Siberia. The republic borders Kemerovo Oblast to the north, Khakassia to the northeast, Tuva to the east, Altai Krai to the west, as well ...

. A

minor planet According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is exclusively classified as neither a planet nor a comet. Before 2006, the IAU officially used the term ''minor ...

2232 Altaj discovered in 1969 by

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 ...

astronomer B. A. Burnasheva is named after Altai. Kurai

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1922 establishments in Russia 1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union States and territories established in 1922 States and territories disestablished in 1991 Politics of the Altai Republic {{USSR-stub

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