The Udmurt Autonomous Oblast ( ; ) was formed on 4 November 1920 as the Votyak Autonomous Oblast ( ; ), "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.