The Udmurt Autonomous Oblast ( ; ) was formed on 4 November 1920 as the Votyak Autonomous Oblast ( ; ), "Votyak" being an obsolete name for the Udmurt people. It was renamed Udmurt Autonomous Oblast on 1 January 1932 and was reorganized into the Udmurt ASSR on 28 December 1934. This became the Udmurt Republic on 20 September 1990.
See also First Secretary of the Udmurt Communist Party
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