Karachay-Cherkessia Autonomous Oblast (;
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[ , ][) 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.
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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.
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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
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