Navahrudak Region, also Navahrudak Voblasts or Novogrudak Oblast (Belarusian: Навагрудская вобласць, Russian: Новогрудская область) was a Region of the Byelorussian SSR following the Soviet annexation of Western Belorussia in 1939. The Region was formed on 2 November 1939, out of parts of the former Nowogródek Voivodeship in the Second Polish Republic.
| Navahrudak Region Navahrudak Voblasts Novogrudak Oblast | |||||||||
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| Region of Byelorussian SSR | |||||||||
| 1939 | |||||||||
| Capital | Navahrudak | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 2 November 1939 | ||||||||
• Administrative centre moved to Baranovichi | 4 December 1939 | ||||||||
| Political subdivisions | 25 districts | ||||||||
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The Sovietisation of the territory divided it into 25 districts. However as the city was on the edge of the region, immediately a decision was made to move the administrative centre from Navahrudak to Baranavichy which took place in on 4 December 1939. The Baranavichy Region survived the Second World War and was disestablished on 8 January 1954 between the Brest, Minsk, Molodechno, and Grodno Regions. The city of Navahrudak and its surrounding area went to the latter.
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