soviet power was established on the territory of the peninsula on , 1917, but the territory was occupied by the forces of russia's pre-war allies in march 1918–march 1920. alexandrovsky uyezd was transformed into murmansk governorate by the soviet government in june 1921. on august 1, 1927, the all-russian central executive committee (vtsik) issued two resolutions: "on the establishment of leningrad oblast" and "on the borders and composition of the okrugs of leningrad oblast", according to which murmansk governorate was transformed into murmansk okrug (which was divided into six districts) and included into leningrad oblast. this arrangement existed until may 28, 1938, when the okrug was separated from leningrad oblast, merged with kandalakshsky district of the karelian assr, and transformed into modern murmansk oblast.