Drohobych Oblast
| Drohobych Oblast Дрогобицька область |
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| Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR | |||||
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 capital Дрогобич (Drohobych; far west). |
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Drohobych 49°21′N 23°30′E / 49.350°N 23.500°ECoordinates: 49°21′N 23°30′E / 49.350°N 23.500°E |
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| History | |||||
| • | Established | December 4, 1939 | |||
| • | Merged into Lviv Oblast | May 21, 1959 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1956 | 9,600 km2(3,707 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1956 | 853,000 | |||
| Density | 88.9 /km2 (230.1 /sq mi) | ||||
Drohobych Oblast (Ukrainian: Дрогобицька область, Drohobyts'ka oblast’; December 4, 1939 – May 21, 1959) was an oblast in the Ukrainian SSR. It had a territory of 9.6 thousands of km³ and, as of 1956, population of 853,000.
Drohobych Oblast was one of six oblasts (the other five are Lviv Oblast, Rivne Oblast, Stanislav (Ivano-Frankivsk) Oblast, Tarnopil (Ternopil) Oblast, and Volyn Oblast) established on the territory of West Ukraine following the 1939 invasion of Poland.
On November 27, 1939 eight powiats of Lwow voivodeship and two powiats of Stanislawow voivodeship were designated for the creation of Drohobych Oblast, establishment of which was confirmed on December 4, 1939.
On January 17, 1940 the oblast was split into 30 raions and five municipalities: Bircha (village), Boryslav (city), Vysotsko-Vyzhnie (village), Dobromyl (city), Drohobych (city), Dubliany (village), Zhydachiv (city), Zhuravno (village), Komarno (city), Krukenych (village), Lavochne (village), Lysko (city), Medenytsia (town), Medyka (village), Mostyska (city), Mykolaiv (city), Streliski Novi (town), Peremyshl (city), Pidbuzh (village), Rudky (city), Sambir (city), Skole (city), Staryi Sambir (city), Strilky (village), Stryi (city), Sudova Vyshnia (city), Turka (city), Ustryki Dolni (town), Khodoriv (city), Khyriv (town). Municipalities were Boryslav, Drohobych, Peremyshl, Sambir, Stryi. On August 15, 1940 Boryslav Raion was disestablished. On November 11, 1940, couple of raions were re-designated: Vysotsko-Vyzhnie to Borynia (village) and Lavochne-Slavsko (village).
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