North Ossetian Autonomous Oblast

North Ossetian Autonomous Oblast
Цӕгат Ирыстоны AО (Ossetian)
Северо-Осетинская АО (Russian)
Autonomous oblast of the Russian SFSR
1924–1936
CapitalOrdzhonikidze (Vladikavkaz)
DemonymNorth Ossetian
Population 
• 1926
152,435[1]
 • TypeAutonomous oblast
History 
• Established
1924
• Disestablished
1936
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Today part ofRussia
 · North Ossetia–Alania

The North Ossetian Autonomous Oblast was an oblast which existed from 1924 until 1936. It was then established as the North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1936.

History

The North Ossetian AO was formed on July 7, 1924 from the Ossetian okrug of the dissolved Mountain ASSR. The city of Vladikavkaz, which was not part of oblast but had the status of an autonomous city was designated both the North Ossetian and the Ingush Autonomous Oblast's capital.

On February 26, 1925, the AO was included in the North Caucasus Krai.[2]

In 1931, Vladikavkaz was renamed Ordzhonikidze in honor of Sergo Ordzhonikidze.

On January 15, 1934, following the unification of the Ingush AO and the Chechen Autonomous Oblast into the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Oblast, Ordzhonikidze became only the capital of North Ossetia and was thus merged into it.

With the adoption of a new Soviet Constitution on December 5, 1936, the North Ossetian AO was transformed into the North Ossetian ASSR.[3]

Administrative divisions

As of October 1, 1931, the autonomous oblast included 5 raions:[4]

  1. Alagiro-Ardonsky
  2. Dzaudzhikausky
  3. Digorsky
  4. Pravoberezhny
  5. Priterechny

See also

References

  1. ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1926 г." Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
  2. ^ "Постановление Президиума ВЦИК от 26.02.1925 "О включении в состав Северо-Кавказского края автономных областей Северной Осетии и Ингушетии" — Викитека". ru.wikisource.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-01-11.
  3. ^ "Краткая справка об административно-территориальных изменениях Ставропольского края за 1920—1992 гг". Archived from the original on 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
  4. ^ "Всемирный исторический проект". Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2010-10-08.