Karelian National Okrug

Karelian National Okrug Карельский национальный округ
Autonomous Okrug of the Soviet Union
1937–1939
Karelian National Okrug on the map of Tver Oblast
Capital		Likhoslavl
History
•	Established	July 9, 1937 1937
•	Disestablished	February 7, 1939 1939
Political subdivisions		5 districts

Coordinates: 57°07′N 35°28′E / 57.117°N 35.467°E / 57.117; 35.467

Karelian National Okrug (Russian: Карельский национальный о́круг, Karelsky Natsionalny okrug), was a territory with special status within Kalinin Oblast, Soviet Union. It existed between 1937 and 1939 and was intended to be a Tver Karelians autonomy. Its administrative center was located in the town of Likhoslavl. The population of the okrug was 170,000, of which 65% were Tver Karelians.

Karelian National Okrug was established on July 9, 1937 by the decree of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union. It included four previously established districts of Kalinin Oblast — Likhoslavlsky (with the administrative center in the town of Likhoslavl), Maksatikhinsky (urban-type steelement of Maksatikha), Rameshkovsky (selo of Rameshki), and Novokarelsky (selo of Tolmachi) districts, as well as of the newly established one, Kozlovsky District (selo of Kozlovo). The karelian population of the Okrug was about 95 thousands, whereas about 25 thousands Tver Karelians lived in districts of Kalinin Oblast which were not included into the Okrug.

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