Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast

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The Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast (Russian: Горно-Алтайская автономная область was formed as the Oyrot Autonomous Oblast (Russian: Ойротская Автономная область) in 1922 and renamed in 1948.

It was upgraded into an ASSR in 1991, shortly before the collapse of the USSR. It corresponds to the current Altai Republic.

Autonomous Oblasts of the Soviet Union
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