Izmail Oblast

Izmail Oblast (Ukrainian: Ізмаїльська область, romanized: Izmail’s’ka oblast’) (7 August 1940 — 15 February 1954) was formerly an oblast in the Ukrainian SSR. It had a territory of 12,400 km² (4,800 sq mi).

Izmail Oblast (left pink), 1947

Izmail Oblast Ізмаїльська область
Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR
1940–1954
Map of the Ukrainian SSR oblasts during 1946–1954.
Capital	Izmail^a
Area
• Coordinates	45°21′N 28°52′E
• 2015	13,188 km^2 (5,092 sq mi)
Population
• 2015	592842
History
• Established as Akkerman Oblast	7 August 1940
• Capital moved and oblast    renamed	1 December 1940
• Merged into Odessa Oblast	15 February 1954
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Romania Odessa Oblast
a. The oblast's capital was Akkerman before it was moved to Izmail on 1 December 1940.

The oblast was organized on 7 August 1940 on the territory, known as Budjak or southern Bessarabia, occupied by the Soviet Union from Romania. It was originally known as Akkerman Oblast (Ukrainian: Акерманська область, romanized: Akermans’ka oblast’) until 1 December 1940, i.e. before the oblast center was moved from Akkerman to Izmail. The oblast was administratively subdivided into 13 raions. On 15 February 1954, the oblast was liquidated, and its territory was included into Odessa Oblast. The current area is now divided into two municipalities (Izmail and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi) and nine raions; these cover 13,188 km² (5,092 sq mi) and in 2015 had a combined population of 592,842.

External links

• Akkerman Oblast (Handbook on history of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union)
• Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of USSR of February 15, 1954 about liquidation of the Izmail Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR. Russian version of the Wikisource.