Belastok Voblast

Беластоцкая вобласць Белостокская область Obwód białostocki Belastok Voblast Voblast of Byelorussian SSR ← 1939 – 1945 →   → Map of the Byelorussian SSR in 1940 with Belastok Voblast. Capital Belastok 53°08′N 23°09′E / 53.133°N 23.15°E / 53.133; 23.15Coordinates: 53°08′N 23°09′E / 53.133°N 23.15°E / 53.133; 23.15 History  - Established November 1939  - Disestablished August 1945 Political Subdivisions Raions: 24

Belastok Voblast or Belostok Oblast (Belarusian: Беластоцкая вобласць, Russian: Беластокская Область, Polish: Obwód białostocki) was a territorial unit in the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic created after the Soviet invasion of Poland and annexation of West Belarus into BSSR in November 1939. The administrative center of the province was the city of Belastok (Polish: Białystok).

The Voblast consisted of 24 raions.

After the Soviet liberation of the whole territory of Belarus in September 1944, the territory was administered by the BSSR, but according to the Border Agreement between Poland and the USSR of 16 August 1945, 17 raions, together with 3 raions of the Brest Voblast were passed on to the Białystok Voivodeship of Poland. The remaining raions were annexed into the Hrodna Voblast of the BSSR.

External links

• Administrative division of Belarus: a historical information
• Text of 1945 Border Treaty (in Polish)