Belastok Voblast
| Belastok Voblast Беластоцкая вобласць (Belarusian) Белостокская Область (Russian) Obwód białostocki (Polish) |
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| Voblast of the Byelorussian SSR | |||||
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 of which Belastok Voblast (left) was a part. |
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Belastok (now Białystok) 53°08′N 23°09′E / 53.133°N 23.150°ECoordinates: 53°08′N 23°09′E / 53.133°N 23.150°E |
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| Historical era | World War II | ||||
| • | Established | November 1939 | |||
| • | Bezirk Bialystok established | 17 July 1941 | |||
| • | Red Army re-occupation | January 1945 | |||
| • | Disestablished | August 1945 | |||
| Political subdivisions | 24 raions (districts) | ||||
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 Poland Belarus
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Belastok Voblast or Belostok Oblast (Belarusian: Беластоцкая вобласць, Biełastockaja vobłasć, Russian: Белостокская Область, Polish: Obwód białostocki) was a short-lived territorial unit in the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR) during World War II from September 1939 until Operation Barbarossa of 22 June 1941. The administrative center of the newly created voblast was the Polish: Białystok renamed Belastok (Belarusian: Беласток).
Belastok Voblast was created immediately following the Soviet invasion of Poland on 17 September 1939. It comprised part of the Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union assigned by Joseph Stalin to BSSR in November 1939 (part of the modern-day West Belarus).
The Voblast consisted of 24 raions: Augustow, Bialystok, Belsky, Bryansk, Volkovysk, Grodno, Grajewo, Dombrowski, Zabludavski, Zambravski, Kolnavski, Krynkovsky, Lapski, Lomzhinsky, Monkavski (in the same year was renamed to Knyshynski), Porechsky ( in the same year transferred to the Lithuanian SSR ), Sakolkavski, Sapotskinsky, Skidelsky, Svislochsky, Snyadovski, Tsehanovetsky, Chyzhavski and Yadvabnavski .
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