National okrugs were first created in the Mountain ASSR of the Russian SFSR in 1921 as units of the Soviet autonomy and additional national okrugs were created in the Russian SFSR for the peoples of the north and Caucasus region.
Okrug nasional pertama kali dibuat di ASSR Gunung bagian dari SFSR Rusia pada tahun 1921 sebagai unit otonomi Soviet dan okrug nasional tambahan dibuat di SFSR Rusia untuk masyarakat di wilayah utara dan Kaukasus.