Belastok Region

Belastok Region Беластоцкая вобласць (Belarusian) Белостокская Область (Russian) Obwód białostocki (Polish)
Region of the Byelorussian SSR
1939–1944
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Location of Belastok Region within the Byelorussian SSR (1944)
Capital	Belastok (Białystok)
Area
• Coordinates	53°08′N 23°09′E / 53.133°N 23.150°E / 53.133; 23.150
Historical era	World War II
• Established	4 December 1939
• Bezirk Bialystok established	17 July 1941
• Red Army liberation	July 1944
• Disestablished	20 September 1944
Political subdivisions	24 raions
Preceded by Succeeded by Białystok Voivodeship (1919–1939) Białystok Voivodeship (1945–1975) Grodno Region
Today part of	Poland Belarus

Belastok Region, also known as Belastok Voblasts or Belostok Oblast,^[a] was a short-lived region (oblast) of the Byelorussian SSR during World War II, lasting from September 1939 until Operation Barbarossa in 1941, and again for a short period in 1944. The administrative center of the region was the city of Białystok (Belastok), which was annexed from Poland in 1939.
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