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.
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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- Президиум Верховного Совета СССР. Указ от 14 октября 1939 г. «Об образовании Семипалатинской, Акмолинской и Джамбулской областей в составе Казахской ССР». (Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Decree of October 14, 1939 On Establishing Semipalatinsk, Akmola, and Dzhambul Oblasts Within the Kazakh SSR. ).
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