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The Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast (Russian: Горно-Алтайская автономная область, romanized: Gorno-Altayskaya avtonomnaya oblast') was an autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union, inhabited by the Altai people. Formed as the Oyrot Autonomous Oblast (Russian: Ойротская Автономная область, romanized: Oyrotskaya Avtonomnaya oblast') in 1922, it was later renamed in 1948.

Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast
Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union
1922–1990
CapitalGorno-Altaysk
DemonymGorno-Altaian
History 

• Established

1922

• Disestablished

25 October 1990
Preceded by Succeeded by
Confederated Republic of Altai
Gorno-Altai Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

It was upgraded into an ASSR in 1990, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It corresponds to the current Altai Republic.

A minor planet 2232 Altaj discovered in 1969 by Soviet astronomer B. A. Burnasheva is named after Altai.[1]

Scene in the Kosh-Agachsky District, Gorno-Altai AO, 1989
Musician Aleksey Grigoriy uly Kalkin in the Gorno-Altai AO, 1978
  1. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 181. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.