The Khakas Autonomous Oblast (, ), abbreviated as Khakas AO (, ) or KhAO (, ), was part of the 1934 created

Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a krai) of Russia located in Siberia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Krasnoyarsk, the second-largest city in Siberia after ...

within the

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. Until 1991, Khakas Autonomous Oblast was administratively subordinated to

. In July 1991, it was elevated in status to that of an autonomous Soviet socialist republic, and in February 1992 it became the

Republic of Khakassia A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a state in which political power rests with the public (people), typically through their representatives—in contrast to a monarchy. Although a ...

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Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union 1930 establishments in the Soviet Union 1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union History of Khakassia {{Soviet-stub