Polesia Voblast

Polesia Voblast Палеская вобласць Полесская Область
Voblast of the Byelorussian SSR
1938–1954
Capital	Mozyr
History
Historical era	Cold War
• Established	15 January 1938
• Disestablished	8 January 1954
Political subdivisions	15 raions
Preceded by Succeeded by Belarusian SSR Polesie Voivodeship Homyel Voblast

Polesia Voblast (Belarusian: Палеская вобласць, Russian: Полесская Область) was an administrative division in the Soviet Belarus. It was created on January 15, 1938. It included the territories of eastern Polesia and consisted of 15 raions. The Center of Polesia Voblast was the town of Mozyr.

On January 8, 1954 the Voblast was liquidated and became part of Homyel Voblast.

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