Crimean Oblast

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Crimean Oblast

Кримська область

Capital city	Simferopol
Area	26,100 km²
Population  - Density	p/km²
Major towns	Simferopol, Kerch, Yevpatoriya, Feodosiya, Yalta, Bakhchisaray
Currency	Soviet ruble
Dates of existence	June 30, 1945 to 1992
Historical era  - Establishment  - Restoration of autonomy	Soviet June 30, 1945 February 12, 1992
← Crimean ASSR • AR Crimea →

The Crimean Oblast (Ukrainian: Кримська область, translit: Kryms’ka oblast’; Russian: Крымская область, translit: Krymskaya oblast’) was a former oblast (province) of the former Ukrainian SSR, 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: Crimea#Soviet Union).

The Crimean oblast's autonomy was restored on February 12, 1992 as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea as part of newly independent Ukraine.

[edit] See also

• Autonomous Republic of Crimea
• Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic