Northern Oblast (1936–1937) Explained

Native Name:Северная область
Conventional Long Name:Northern Oblast
Common Name:Northern Oblast
Subdivision:Oblast
Nation:the Russian SFSR
Year Start:1936
Date Start:5 December
Year End:1937
Date End:23 September
P1:Northern Krai
S1:Arkhangelsk Oblast
S2:Vologda Oblast
Image Map Caption:Location in the Russian SFSR
Capital:Arkhangelsk
Political Subdiv:53 districts and a national okrug subdivided into three districts.
Stat Year1:1937
Stat Pop1:2,262,255

Northern Oblast (Russian: Северная область|Severnaya oblast) was an administrative-territorial unit (oblast) of the Russian SFSR from 1936 to 1937.[1] Its seat was in the city of Arkhangelsk. The oblast was located in the north of European Russia and its territory is currently divided between Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Kostroma and Kirov oblasts and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

Before 1936, the area occupied by Northern Oblast was part of Northern Krai, a vast administrative unit comprising the north of Russia. The 1936 Soviet Constitution abolished Northern Krai and divided its territory between the Komi Republic and the new Northern Oblast. Northern Oblast included 54 districts, three of which were in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. In 1937, the Oblast was split into Arkhangelsk and Vologda Oblasts. In 1941, three of its districtsLalsky, Oparinsky and Podosinovskywere transferred from Arkhangelsk Oblast to Kirov Oblast. Pavinsky and Vokhomsky District became a part of Kostroma Oblast.

By the 1937 All-Union Census, the population of Northern Oblast was 2,262,255 persons.[2]

Districts

The following districts were established in Northern Oblast (their administrative centers are given in parentheses):[1] [3]

Three districts belonged to the Nenets National Okrug:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.rusarchives.ru/guide/voanpi/126sia.shtml . ru:СПРАВКА ОБ ИЗМЕНЕНИЯХ АДМИНИСТРАТИВНО-ТЕРРИТОРИАЛЬНОГО УСТРОЙСТВА И СЕТИ ПАРТИЙНЫХ И КОМСОМОЛЬСКИХ ОРГАНОВ НА ТЕРРИТОРИИ ВОЛОГОДСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ (1917-1991) . Архивы России . Russian . 22 August 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110917021817/http://www.rusarchives.ru/guide/voanpi/126sia.shtml . 17 September 2011 .
  2. http://marxists.architexturez.net/history/ussr/government/1937/census/distribution.htm USSR Population Distribution (1937)
  3. Web site: Административно-территориальное деление Архангельской губернии в XVIII-XX вв. . 2000 . Архивы России . Russian . 25 August 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724083217/http://guides.rusarchives.ru/browse/guidebook.html?bid=79&sid=185080 . 24 July 2011 .