Izmail Oblast

Izmail Oblast (Ukrainian: Ізмаїльська область, romanized: Izmailska oblast; Romanian: Regiunea Ismail) (7 August 1940 — 15 February 1954) was an oblast in the Ukrainian SSR, roughly corresponding to the historical region of Budjak. It had a territory of 12,400 km² (4,800 sq mi).

Izmail Oblast (left pink), 1947

Izmail Oblast Ізмаїльська область Regiunea Ismail
Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR
1940–1954
Map of the Ukrainian SSR oblasts during 1946–1954.
Capital	Izmaila
Area
• Coordinates	45°21′N 28°52′E
• 1954	12,400 km2 (4,800 sq mi)
History
• Established as Akkerman Oblast	7 August 1940
• Capital moved and oblast    renamed	1 December 1940
• Merged into Odesa Oblast	15 February 1954
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Romania Odesa 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 in Odesa Oblast. The area was divided into two municipalities (Izmail and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi) and nine raions until 2020; these covered 13,188 km² (5,092 sq mi) and in 2015 had a combined population of 592,842. Currently, the area is divided into three raions: Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Bolhrad, and Izmail.

See also

• Izmail Raion

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.