Crimean Oblast replaces Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Crimean Oblast of the Russian SFSR (1945–1954)
The Crimean ASSR was converted into the Crimean Oblast of the Russian SFSR on June 30, 1945 by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (published as a law on June 25, 1946). It was stripped of its autonomous status as a result of the alleged crimes of Crimean Tatars during World War II.