Polatsk Voblast
Polatsk Voblast or Polotsk Oblast (Belarusian: Полацкая вобласць; Russian: Полоцкая область) was an administrative division in the Byelorussian SSR. It was created on September 20, 1944. It included territories of eastern Polesia and consisted of 15 raions. The administrative centre was Polotsk (Polatsk).
On January 8, 1954, the voblast was abolished and became part of the Vitebsk and Molodechno regions (voblasts). The city of Polotsk became part of the former.
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