Polesia Region

Not to be confused with Polesia.

Polesia Region Палеская вобласць Полесская Область
Region of the Byelorussian SSR
1938–1954
File:Палеская вобласць БССР (студзень 1940).svg
Capital	Mozyr
Historical era	Cold War
• Established	15 January 1938
• Disestablished	8 January 1954
Political subdivisions	15 raions
Preceded by Succeeded by File:Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1937-1951).svg Byelorussian SSR File:POL województwo poleskie II RP COA.svg Polesie Voivodeship Gomel Region File:Flag of Byelorussian SSR.svg

Polesia Region (Belarusian: Палеская вобласць, romanized: Palieskaja voblasć, Russian: Полесская область) was an administrative division in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. It was created on 15 January 1938. It included the territories of eastern Polesia and consisted of 15 districtss. The center of Polesia Region was the town of Mozyr. On 8 January 1954, Polesia Region was liquidated and became part of Gomel Region.

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External links

• Administrative divisions of Belarus: history (Russian)