Karachay-Cherkessia Autonomous Oblast (; ; ; , ) was an

autonomous oblast An autonomous oblast is an autonomous entity within the state which is on the ''oblast'' (province) level of the overall administrative subdivision. There were autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union and later some federal subjects of Russia w ...

of the Soviet Union that was created on 12 January 1922, and was the predecessor of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic.Encyclopædia Britannica
/ref> The Karachay-Cherkess oblast was first formed in 1922 for the Circassian ( Cherkess) and Karachays peoples. The oblast was dissolved in 1926, to form the Karachay Autonomous Oblast and Cherkess Autonomous Oblast. Karachay Autonomous Oblast was dissolved in 1943, when the Karachays were exiled to

Central Asia Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...

for their alleged collaboration with the Germans. In 1957, upon their return, the Karachay-Cherkess autonomous oblast was recreated. During this time, part of the territory was incorporated into the

Georgian SSR The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Georgia, the Georgian SSR, or simply Georgia, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union from its second occupation (by the Red Army) in 1921 to its independence in 1991. Cotermin ...

. In 1991 it became a republic.

References

Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union History of Karachay-Cherkessia States and territories established in 1922 1922 establishments in Russia 1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union {{Soviet-stub