The Udmurt Autonomous Oblast ( ; ) was formed on 4 November 1920 as the Votyak Autonomous Oblast ( ; ), " Votyak" being an obsolete name for the

Udmurt people The Udmurts (, ) are a Permian (Finno-Ugric) ethnic group in Eastern Europe, who speak the Udmurt language. They mainly live in the republic of Udmurtia in Russia. Etymology The name ''Udmurt'' comes from * 'meadow people,' where the first part ...

. It was renamed Udmurt Autonomous Oblast on 1 January 1932 and was reorganized into the

Udmurt ASSR The Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union, named after the Udmurt people. It originated on 4 November 1920 as the Votyak Autonomous Oblast (" Votyak" is an obsolete name for Udmurts, "Vot" ...

on 28 December 1934. This became the

Udmurt Republic Udmurtia, officially the Udmurt Republic, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is administratively part of the Volga Federal District. Its capital is the city of Izhevsk. It was established as the Udmurt (until 1931 — Vots ...

on 20 September 1990.

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Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union History of Udmurtia States and territories established in 1932 States and territories disestablished in 1934 1932 establishments in the Soviet Union 1934 disestablishments in the Soviet Union {{Soviet-stub

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