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Navahrudak Region

Former region of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Navahrudak Region, also Navahrudak Voblasts or Novogrudak Oblast (Belarusian: Навагрудская вобласць, Russian: Новогрудская область) was a Region of the Byelorussian SSR following the Soviet annexation of Western Belorussia in 1939. The Region was formed on 2 November 1939, out of parts of the former Nowogródek Voivodeship in the Second Polish Republic.

Quick facts Navahrudak RegionNavahrudak Voblasts Novogrudak OblastBelarusian: Навагрудская вобласцьRussian: Новогрудская область, Capital ...

The Sovietisation of the territory divided it into 25 districts. However as the city was on the edge of the region, immediately a decision was made to move the administrative centre from Navahrudak to Baranavichy which took place in on 4 December 1939. The Baranavichy Region survived the Second World War and was disestablished on 8 January 1954 between the Brest, Minsk, Molodechno, and Grodno Regions. The city of Navahrudak and its surrounding area went to the latter.

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