Far Eastern Krai

Far Eastern Krai (Russian: Дальневосточный край, romanized: Dal'nevostochnyy kray) was a krai of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic of the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1938. Its capital was Khabarovsk. It was the largest administrative-territorial unit of the Soviet Union after the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, occupying 12% of its territory. On October 21, 1938, the Far Eastern Krai was divided into Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krais. The term may also informally refer to Russian Far East. Far Eastern Avenue in St. Petersburg is named after the Far Eastern Krai. This is also partly because the street is located in the eastern part of the city.