Chita District (1926-1930)

The Chitinsky district is an administrative-territorial unit of the Far Eastern Territory that existed in 1926 - 1930 . The administrative center is the city of Chita .

district
Chita district
A country	the USSR
Entered into	Far Eastern Territory
Adm. Centre	Chita
History and Geography
Date of formation	1926-1930
Date of Abolition
Square	160.5 thousand km²
Population
Population	381.8 thousand people ( 1926 )
Official language	Russian

On January 4, 1926, with the abolition of the Far Eastern Region , the Transbaikal Province was liquidated and the Far Eastern Region was formed ^[1] . It includes the Chita district, which included the territories of the former counties - Chita , Borzinsky and Petrovsky-Zavodsky .

Initially, the district was divided into 14 districts: Akshinsky , Aleksandrovsky-Zavodsky , Borzinsky , Byrkinsky, Karymsky, Krasnoyarsky, Kirinsky , Maletinsky, Olovyaninsky, Petrovsky-Zavodsky, Titovsky, Uletovsky , Khiloksky and Shilkinsky .

On July 30, 1930, the Chita district was transferred to the newly formed East Siberian Territory ^[2] , at the same time, like most other districts of the USSR, the district was abolished. Its areas have become directly subordinate to the East Siberian Territory.

The population of the district in 1926 was 381.8 thousand people (excluding foreigners, of whom 4.3 thousand). Of these, Russians - 92.3%; Buryats - 2.1%; Ukrainians - 2.0%; Jews - 1.0%.