- Izmail Oblast
Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name = Ізмаїльська область
conventional_long_name = Izmail Oblast
common_name = Izmail Oblast
subdivision = Oblast
nation =Ukrainian SSR
year_start = 1940
event_start = Established
date_start =August 7 ,1940
year_end = 1954
event_end = Abolished and merged intoOdessa Oblast
date_end =February 15 ,1954
life_span = 1940–1954
p1 = Kingdom of Romania
flag_p1 = Flag of Romania.png
s1 = Odessa Oblast
flag_s1 = Flag_of_Odesa_Oblast.png
image_map_caption = Map of theUkrainian SSR oblast s during 1946-1954.
capital =Izmail 1
latd=45 | latm=21 | latNS=N | longd=28 | longm=52 | longEW=E
event1 = Capital moved and oblast renamed
date_event1 =December 1 ,1940
event2 =
date_event2 =
stat_area1= 12400
stat_year1=
stat_pop1 =
footnotes= 1 The first capital of theoblast was Akkerman, however, the capital was moved toIzmail onDecember 1 ,1940 .Izmail Oblast ( _uk. Ізмаїльська область, "Izmail’s’ka oblast’") (
August 7 ,1940 —February 15 ,1954 ) was anoblast in theUkrainian SSR . It had a territory of 12.4 thousand km².The oblast was organized on
August 7 ,1940 on the territory ofBudjak taken by theSoviet Union fromRomania . It was originally known as Akkerman Oblast ( _uk. Акерманська область, "Akermans’ka oblast’")—untilDecember 1 ,1940 , when the oblast center was moved from Akkerman toIzmail . The oblast was administratively subdivided into 13raion s. OnFebruary 15 ,1954 , the oblast was liquidated, and all raions of the oblast were included intoOdessa Oblast .
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