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Semipalatinsk Oblast, Kazakhstan

Semipalatinsk Oblast, Kazakhstan

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For the administrative division of the Russian Empire and the early Russian SFSR, see Semipalatinsk Oblast, Russia.

Semipalatinsk Oblast (Kazakh: Семей облысы, Semei oblysy; Russian: Семипала́тинская о́бласть) was an administrative division of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic in the Soviet Union, established on October 14, 1939 from parts of East Kazakhstan and Alma-Ata Oblasts.[1] Upon Kazakhstan's independence in 1991, the oblast continued to exist until 1997, when it was merged back into East Kazakhstan Oblast.

KazSSR oblasts 1959

It contained the Semipalatinsk Test Site, Dolon (air base) and Dolon Southwest air base.

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    Decree of October 14, 1939

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