Cherkess Autonomous Oblast

The Cherkess Autonomous Oblast (Russian: Черкесская автономная область, tr. Cherkesskaya avtonomnaya oblast; Kabardian: Черкес автономнэ область, Čérkés avtonomne oblast’) or Cherkessia (Russian: Черкесия, tr. Cherkesiya; Kabardian: Шэрджэс, Šerdžes, or Черкес хэку, Čérkés xekw) was an autonomous oblast of the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, created on April 26, 1926[1] by the split of the Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast. It was called the Cherkess National Okrug (Russian: Черкесский национальный округ, tr. Cherkessky natsionalny okrug) until April 30, 1928.[1] It was dissolved in 1957 by the creation of the new Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast.[2]

Territorial changes of the Cherkess Autonomous Oblast
  • 1928
    1928
  • 1934
    1934
  • 1943
    1943
  • 1950
    1950

References
  1. "KNAB, the Place Names Database of EKI". Eki.ee. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  2. Encyclopædia Britannica

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