Cherkess Autonomous Oblast

The Cherkess Autonomous Oblast (Russian: Черкесская автономная область Čerkesskaja avtonomnaja oblast’; Kabardian: Черкес автономнэ область Čérkés avtonomne oblast’) or Cherkessia (Russian: Черкесия Čerkesija; Kabardian: Шэрджэс Šerdžes or Черкес хэку Čérkés xekw) was an autonomous oblast of the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, created on 26 April 1926 by the split of the Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast. It was called the Cherkess National Okrug (Russian: Черкесский национальный округ Čerkesskij nacional’nyj okrug) until 30 April 1928. It was dissolved in 1957 by the creation of the new Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast.