Ural Oblast (1923–1934)

The Ural Oblast (Russian: Уральская область) was an oblast of the RSFSR within the USSR. It was created November 3, 1923 by the merger of Perm, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk and Tyumen Governorates.[1] The capital of the oblast was Sverdlovsk. At the time of its creation area of oblast was 1,659,000 km² and the population was 6,380,000.

Ural Oblast Уральская область (Russian)
Oblast of RSFSR
1923–1934
Ural Oblast in 1925
Capital	Sverdlovsk
Area
•	1,659,000 km2 (641,000 sq mi)
Population
•	6380000
History
History
• Established	1923
• Disestablished	1934
Political subdivisions	okrugs and rayons, number of them was often changed
Preceded by Succeeded by Perm Governorate Yekaterinburg Governorate Tyumen Governorate Chelyabinsk Governorate Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Sverdlovsk Oblast Chelyabinsk Oblast Ob-Irtysh Oblast

On February 26, 1925, Komi-Permyak Okrug was separated from the western portion of the oblast.

In 1927, the oblast was divided into 16 okrugs and 210 rayons. Okrugs included: Verkhne-Kamsky, Zlatoustovsky, Irbitsky, Ishimsky, Komi-Permyatsky, Kungursky, Kurgansky, Permsky, Sarapulsky, Sverdlovsky, Tagilsky, Tobolsky, Troitsky, Tyumensky, Chelyabinsky and Shadrinsky. Borders between okrugs and rayons often changed.

On August 8, 1930, okrugs were abolished. On December 10, 1930, Ostyak-Vogul and Yamal (Nenets) national okrugs were created in the northern part of former Tobolsky okrug. On January 17, 1934, the oblast was abolished and was replaced by Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk and Ob-Irtysh oblasts. At the end of 1933, the oblast's area was 1,896,000 km².

Districts of the Ural Oblast on March 1, 1933