West Siberian Krai

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West Siberian Krai
Западно-Сибирский край
Krai of the Soviet Union
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Location of West Siberian Krai
Map of West Siberian Krai, 1931.
Capital Novosibirsk
History
  Established30 July 1930
  Disestablished28 September 1937
Area
  1930 1,263,500 km2(487,840 sq mi)
Population
  1930 8,114,990 
Density 6.4 /km2  (16.6 /sq mi)
  1937 6,433,527 
Political subdivisions 1 okrug
1 autonomous oblast

West Siberian Krai (Russian : Западно-Сибирский край, Zapadno-Sibirsky Krai) was an early krai of the Russian SFSR, created after the split of the Siberian Krai in 1930. By the 1937 All-Union Census, it had population of 6,433,527. [1]

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