| Conventional Long Name: | Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Oblast |
| Native Name: | Кабардино-Балкарская АО Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр АО Къабарты-Малкъар АО |
| Common Name: | Kabardino-Balkarian AO |
| Subdivision: | Autonomous oblast |
| Life Span: | 1922–1936 |
| P1: | Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist RepublicMountain ASSR |
| Flag P1: | Flag of the Mountain ASSR (1924 possible reconstruction).png |
| S1: | Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Flag S1: | Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1937–1954).svg |
| Nation: | the Russian SFSR |
| Capital: | Nalchik |
| Government Type: | Autonomous oblast |
| Era: | Interwar period |
| Event Start: | Formed as Kabardin Autonomous Oblast from Kabardin Okrug of Mountain ASSR |
| Year Start: | 1921 |
| Event1: | Merged with Balkarian Okrug of Mountain ASSR and renamed as Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Oblast |
| Date Event1: | 16 January 1922 |
| Date End: | 5 December |
| Year End: | 1936 |
| Stat Year1: | 1936 |
| Stat Pop1: | 350000 |
| Stat Area1: | 12470 |
The Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Oblast was an autonomous oblast within the Kabardino-Balkaria region of the Soviet Union. The Oblast was formed in 1921 as the Kabardin Autonomous Oblast before becoming the Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Oblast on 16 January 1922.[1] On 16 October 1924 it became part of the North Caucasus Krai,[2] but was separated from it on 5 December 1936, elevated in status and renamed the Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.