Polesia Region Палеская вобласць Полесская Область
Region of the Byelorussian SSR
1938–1954
Capital	Mozyr
Historical era	Cold War
• Established	15 January 1938
• Disestablished	8 January 1954
Political subdivisions	15 raions
Preceded by Succeeded by Byelorussian SSR Polesie Voivodeship Gomel Region

Polesia Region (Belarusian: Палеская вобласць, romanized: Palieskaja voblasć, Russian: Полесская область) was an administrative division in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. It was created on 15 January 1938. It included the territories of eastern Polesia and consisted of 15 districtss. The center of Polesia Region was the town of Mozyr.

On 8 January 1954, Polesia Region was liquidated and became part of Gomel Region.

External links

• Administrative divisions of Belarus: history (Russian)