Moldavian Autonomous Oblast
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Moldavian Autonomous Oblast was created on March 7, 1924 within the Ukrainian SSR
.
The new oblast had four districts, all of them having a Moldovan
majority:
On 12 October 1924 the oblast was elevated to the status of autonomous republic
, the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...
.
The new oblast had four districts, all of them having a Moldovan
Moldovans
Moldovans or Moldavians are the largest population group of Moldova...
majority:
- RîbniţaRîbnitaRîbnița, also spelled Râbnița is a city in Moldova. The city is under the administration of the breakaway government of the Transnistria. According to the 2004 Census in Transnistria, it has a population of 53,648. Rîbniţa is situated in the northern half of Transnistria, on the left bank of the...
with 48,748 inhabitants, of which 25,387 Moldovans (52%) - DubăsariDubasariDubăsari is a city in Transnistria, with a population of 23,650. The city is under the administration of the breakaway government of the "Transnistrian Moldovan Republic", and functions as the seat of the Dubăsari sub-district, Transnistria, Moldova.-Name:The origin of the town name is the plural...
with 57,371 inhabitants, of which 33,600 Moldovans (58%) - TiraspolTiraspolTiraspol is the second largest city in Moldova and is the capital and administrative centre of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic . The city is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River...
, entirely Moldovan - AnanivAnanivAnaniv is a town in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. It stands on the Tiligul River. Population is 8,723 . The town belonged to MASSR from 1924 to 1940....
with 45,545 inhabitants, of which 24,249 Moldovans (53%)
On 12 October 1924 the oblast was elevated to the status of autonomous republic
Autonomous republic
An autonomous republic is a type of administrative division similar to a province. A significant number of autonomous republics can be found within the successor states of the Soviet Union, but the majority are located within Russia. Many of these republics were established during the Soviet...
, the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.