Polesia Region
| Polesia Voblast Палеская вобласць Полесская Область | |||||||||||
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| Voblast of Belarusian SSR | |||||||||||
| 1938–1954 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Mozyr | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||||
• Established | 15 January 1938 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 8 January 1954 | ||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | 15 raions | ||||||||||
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Polesia Voblast (Belarusian: Палеская вобласць, Russian: Полесская Область) was an administrative division in Soviet Belarus. It was created on January 15, 1938. It included territories of eastern Polesia and consisted of 15 raions. Center of Polesia Voblast was town of Mozyr.
On January 8, 1954 the Voblast was liquidated and became part of Homyel Voblast.
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