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

Territorial changes of the Cherkess Autonomous Oblast

• 1928
• 1934
• 1943
• 1950

References

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

• 1926 establishments in the Soviet Union
• 1957 disestablishments in the Soviet Union
• Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union
• History of Karachay-Cherkessia
• States and territories established in 1926
• States and territories disestablished in 1957