https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udmurtia
On November 4, 1920, the Votyak Autonomous Oblast was formed. On January 1, 1932, it was renamed Udmurt Autonomous Oblast, [citation needed] which was then reorganized into the Udmurt ASSR on December 28, 1934. During World War II, many industrial factories were evacuated from the Ukraine and western borderlands to Udmurtia.. Geography. The republic is …