/
Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast (Russian: Горно-Алтайская автономная область was formed as the Oyrot Autonomous Oblast (Russian: Ойротская Автономная область) in 1922 and renamed in 1948.
It was upgraded into an ASSR in 1991, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It corresponds to the current Altai Republic.
A minor planet 2232 Altaj discovered in 1969 by Soviet astronomer B. A. Burnasheva is named after Altai. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 181. ISBN 3540002383. http://books.google.com/books?q=2222+Lermontov+ST1.
|
|||||||
 |
This Soviet Union-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
![Image:Sulfur-mustard-3D-vdW.png [simple]](/simple/wiki/Image:Sulfur-mustard-3D-vdW.png.html){kind=link}
![Image:Sulfur mustard.svg [simple]](/simple/wiki/Image:Sulfur_mustard.svg.html){kind=link}
![Imagine:Lion in Kenya.jpg [vec]](/vec/wiki/Imagine:Lion_in_Kenya.jpg.html){kind=link}
![Bestand:Cyanistes caeruleus 3 Luc Viatour.jpg [nl]](/nl/wiki/Bestand:Cyanistes_caeruleus_3_Luc_Viatour.jpg.html){kind=link}
![Image:Ph locator la union tubao.png [war]](/war/wiki/Image:Ph_locator_la_union_tubao.png.html){kind=link}
![moneyfallsm.jpg [lij]](/lij/wiki/moneyfallsm.jpg.html){kind=link}