The Udmurt Autonomous Oblast (ru|Удмуртская автономная область ; udm|Удмурт автономи улос) was formed on 4 November 1920 as the Votyak Autonomous Oblast (ru|Вотская автономная область|links=no ; udm|Вотяк автономи улос|links=no), "Votyak" being an obsolete name for the Udmurt people. It was renamed Udmurt Autonomous Oblast on 1 January 1932 and was reorganized into the Udmurt ASSR on 28 December 1934. This became the Udmurt Republic on 20 September 1990.