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TheUdmurt Autonomous Oblast (Russian:Удмуртская автономная областьUdmurtskaja avtonomnaja oblast′;[1]Udmurt:Удмурт автономи улосUdmurt avtonomi ulos) was formed on 4 November 1920 as theVotyak Autonomous Oblast (Russian:Вотская автономная областьVotskaja avtonomnaja oblast′;[1] Udmurt:Вотяк автономи улосVotjak avtonomi ulos), "Votyak" being an obsolete name for theUdmurt people. It was renamed Udmurt Autonomous Oblast on 1 January 1932[1] and was reorganized into theUdmurt ASSR on 28 December 1934.[1] This became theUdmurt Republic on 20 September 1990.
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