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Polesia Region

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Polesia Region
Палеская вобласць
Полесская Область
Region of the Byelorussian SSR
1938–1954

CapitalMozyr
Historical eraCold War
• Established
15 January 1938
• Disestablished
8 January 1954
Political subdivisions15 raions
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Byelorussian SSR
Polesie Voivodeship
Gomel Region

Polesia Region (Belarusian: Палеская вобласць, romanizedPalieskaja voblasć, Russian: Полесская область) was an administrative division in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. It was created on 15 January 1938. It included the territories of eastern Polesia and consisted of 15 districtss. The center of Polesia Region was the town of Mozyr.

On 8 January 1954, Polesia Region was liquidated and became part of Gomel Region.

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