Cherkess Autonomous Oblast

The Cherkess Autonomous Oblast (Черкесская автономная область; Черкес автономнэ область, Čérkés avtonomne oblast’) or Cherkessia (Черкесия; Шэрджэс, Šerdžes, or Черкес хэку, Čérkés xekw) was an autonomous oblast of the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, created on April 26, 1926 by the split of the Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast. It was called the Cherkess National Okrug (Черкесский национальный округ) until April 30, 1928. It was dissolved in 1957 by the creation of the new Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast.


 * Territorial changes of the Cherkess Autonomous Oblast