Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast

Not to be confused with Gorno-Altai Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

The Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast (Russian: Горно-Алтайская автономная область, romanized: Gorno-Altayskaya avtonomnaya oblast') was an autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union, inhabited by the Altai people. Formed as the Oyrot Autonomous Oblast (Russian: Ойротская Автономная область, romanized: Oyrotskaya Avtonomnaya oblast') in 1922, it was later renamed in 1948.

Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast
Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union
1922–1990
Capital	Gorno-Altaysk
Demonym	Gorno-Altaian
History
• Established	1922
• Disestablished	25 October 1990
Preceded by Succeeded by Confederated Republic of Altai Gorno-Altai Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

It was upgraded into an ASSR in 1990, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It corresponds to the current Altai Republic.

A minor planet 2232 Altaj discovered in 1969 by Soviet astronomer B. A. Burnasheva is named after Altai.^[1]

Scene in the Kosh-Agachsky District, Gorno-Altai AO, 1989

Musician Aleksey Grigoriy uly Kalkin in the Gorno-Altai AO, 1978

See also

• First Secretary of the Gorno–Altai Communist Party