Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast should not be confused with Gorno-Altai Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
The Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast (Russian: Горно-Алтайская автономная область|Gorno-Altayskaya avtonomnaya oblast') was an autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union, inhabited by the Altai people. Formed as the Oyrot Autonomous Oblast (Russian: Ойротская Автономная область|Oyrotskaya Avtonomnaya oblast') in 1922, it was later renamed in 1948.
| Conventional Long Name: | Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast |
| Common Name: | Gorno-Altai |
| Subdivision: | Autonomous oblast |
| Nation: | the Soviet Union |
| Image Map Caption: | Location of the Gorno-Altai ASSR in the Soviet Union. |
| Capital: | Gorno-Altaysk |
| Year Start: | 1922 |
| Year End: | 1990 |
| Date End: | 25 October |
| P1: | Confederated Republic of Altai |
| Flag P1: | Confederated Republic of Altai (1921-1922).svg |
| S1: | Gorno-Altai Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic |
It was upgraded into an ASSR in 1990, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It corresponds to the current Altai Republic.
A minor planet 2232 Altaj discovered in 1969 by Soviet astronomer B. A. Burnasheva is named after Altai.[1]