Novgorod Oblast update Welcome back Hope you had a productive trip As you ve probably noticed I m following up on my promise to review the foundation dates of the Novgorod Oblast districts For now I ve set them all to October 1 1927 as per page 85 of Snytko I ve also reverted my July 18 addition to Starorussky District That date is mentioned by Gelman for Demyansky Krestetsky Malovishersky and Starorussky Districts and it is backsourced to a July 18 1927 VTsIK Resolution however I was unable to find its text Gelman s book overall is not very specific about numerous important details so I thought for now it s better to use a clear source Snytko and re examine this issue once the text of the Resolution becomes available Sorry about all the confusion August 31 2012 18 04 UTC