West Siberian Krai Explained

Conventional Long Name:West Siberian Krai
Common Name:West Siberian Krai
Subdivision:Krai
Nation:the Soviet Union
Year Start:1930
Date Start:30 July
Year End:1937
Date End:28 September
Capital:Novosibirsk
P1:Soviet Union
Flag P1:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
P2:Siberian Krai
S1:Soviet Union
Flag S1:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
S2:Novosibirsk Oblast
S3:Altai Krai
Image Map Caption:Map of West Siberian Krai, 1931.
Stat Area1:1263500
Stat Year1:1930
Stat Pop1:8,114,990
Stat Year2:1937
Stat Pop2:6,433,527
Political Subdiv:1 okrug
1 autonomous oblast

West Siberian Krai (Russian: Западно-Сибирский край, Zapadno-Sibirsky Krai) was an early krai of the Russian SFSR, created after the split of the Siberian Krai in 1930. By the 1937 All-Union Census, it had population of 6,433,527.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://marxists.architexturez.net/history/ussr/government/1937/census/distribution.htm USSR Population Distribution (1937)