Crimean Oblast

Crimean Oblast
Кримська область
Крымская область
Crimean Oblast
Oblast of the Russian SFSR and Ukrainian SSR

1945–1991
Location of Crimea
Map of the Ukrainian SSR (light blue) with Crimean Oblast (red).
Capital Simferopol
49°21′N 23°30′E / 49.35°N 23.5°E / 49.35; 23.5Coordinates: 49°21′N 23°30′E / 49.35°N 23.5°E / 49.35; 23.5
History
 - Created from the Crimean ASSR June 30, 1945
 - Transferred from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR February 19, 1954
 - Autonomy restored February 12, 1992
Area 26,100 km2 (10,077 sq mi)

The Crimean Oblast (Ukrainian: Кримська область, translit: Kryms’ka oblast’; Russian: Крымская область, translit: Krymskaya oblast’, Crimean Tatar: Qırım vilâyeti) was an oblast (province) of the former Russian SFSR (1945–1954) and Ukrainian SSR (1954–1991), which was at the time part of the Soviet Union. Its capital was the city of Simferopol.

The Crimean Oblast was created from the newly abolished Crimean ASSR on June 30, 1945. The oblast was then transferred from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR on February 19, 1954 (for more information see: History of Crimea: Crimea in the Soviet Union: 1922–1991).

Following a referendum held on January 20, 1991 the Crimean Oblast was upgraded to that of an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic on February 12, 1991 by the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR.[1] Today it is officially named the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

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