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Semipalatinsk Oblast, Kazakhstan
Semipalatinsk
Oblast
was an
administrative division
of the
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
in the
Soviet Union
,
established
on
October 14
,
1939
from parts of
East Kazakhstan
and
Alma-Ata Oblasts
. Upon Kazakhstan's
independence
in
1991
, the
oblast
continued to
exist
until
1997
, when it was
merged
back into
East Kazakhstan Oblast
.