Oblasts of the Soviet Union

The oblasts of the Soviet Union were second-level administrative units of the Soviet Union, and first-level entities of the republics of the Soviet Union.

Terminology

Oblast is a Slavic term that exists in the Russian language. Russian was official in all republics along with national languages of other republics.

By location

Baltic region

In the 1950s there were 10 oblasts in the three Baltic republics.

  • 1953-04-28 Law on abolition of Pärnu, Tallinn and Tartu oblasts (Estonia) [1]
  • 1953-04-25 Law on abolition of Riga, Daugavpils and Liepāja oblasts (Latvia) [2]
  • 1953-05-28 Law on abolition of Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda and Šiauliai oblasts (Lithuania) [3]

Transcaucasian region

In the 1950s there were 4 oblasts in the two Transcaucasian republics (only in Azerbaijan and Georgia).

  • 1953-04-23 Law on abolition of Baku and Ganja oblasts (Azerbaijan) [4]
  • 1953-04-23 Law on abolition of Kutaisi and Tbilisi oblasts (Georgia) [5]

List

Name in English Name in Russian Republic Established Dissolved
Pärnu Oblast Пярнуская область (ru) Estonian SSR 1952-05-10 1953-04-28
Tallinn Oblast Таллинская область (ru) Estonian SSR 1952-05-10 1953-04-28
Tartu Oblast Тартуская область (ru) Estonian SSR 1952-05-10 1953-04-28
Riga Oblast Рижская область (ru) Latvian SSR 1952-04-08 1953-04-25
Daugavpils Oblast Даугавпилсская область (ru) Latvian SSR 1952-04-08 1953-04-25
Liepāja Oblast Лиепайская область (ru) Latvian SSR 1952-04-08 1953-04-25
Šiauliai Oblast Шяуляйская область (ru) Lithuanian SSR 1950-06-20 1953-05-28
Klaipėda Oblast Клайпедская область (ru) Lithuanian SSR 1950-06-20 1953-05-28
Vilnius Oblast Вильнюсская область (ru) Lithuanian SSR 1950-06-20 1953-05-28
Kaunas Oblast Каунасская область (ru) Lithuanian SSR 1950-06-20 1953-05-28
Baku Oblast Бакинская область (ru) Azerbaijan SSR 1952-04-03 1953-04-23
Ganja Oblast Гянджинская область (ru) Azerbaijan SSR 1952-04-03 1953-04-23
Kutaisi Oblast Кутаисская область (ru) Georgian SSR 1951-11-05 1953-04-23
Tbilisi Oblast Тбилисская область (ru) Georgian SSR 1951-11-05 1953-04-23
Central Black Earth Oblast RSFSR 1928-05-14 1934-06-13
Chita Oblast RSFSR 1937-09-26 [n 1]
Crimean Oblast RSFSR 1945-06-30 1954-02-19
Ukrainian SSR 1954-02-19 1991-02-12
East Siberian Oblast RSFSR 1936-12-05 1937-09-26
Grozny Oblast RSFSR 1944-03-07 1957-01-09
Irkutsk Oblast RSFSR 1937-09-26 N/A [n 2]
Kuban-Black Sea Oblast RSFSR 1920-03-18 1924-02-13
Northern Oblast (1936–37) RSFSR 1936-12-05 1937-09-23
Ural Oblast RSFSR 1923-11-03 1934-01-17
Velikiye Luki Oblast RSFSR 1944-08-23 1957-10-02
Western Oblast RSFSR 1929-10-1 1937-09-27

See also

References

  1. ^ "Указ Президиума ВС СССР от 28.04.1953 об упразднении Пярнуской, Таллинской и Тартуской областей Эстонской ССР — Викитека". ru.wikisource.org.
  2. ^ "Указ Президиума ВС СССР от 25.04.1953 об упразднении Рижской, Даугавпилсской и Лиепайской областей Латвийской ССР — Викитека". ru.wikisource.org.
  3. ^ "Указ Президиума ВС СССР от 28.05.1953 об упразднении Вильнюсской, Каунасской, Клайпедской и Шяуляйской областей Литовской ССР — Викитека". ru.wikisource.org.
  4. ^ "Указ Президиума ВС СССР от 23.04.1953 о ликвидации Бакинской и Гянджинской областей Азербайджанской ССР — Викитека". ru.wikisource.org.
  5. ^ "Указ Президиума ВС СССР от 23.04.1953 о ликвидации Кутаисской и Тбилисской областей Грузинской ССР — Викитека". ru.wikisource.org.

Notes

  1. ^ Dissolved in 2008 as an oblast of Russia
  2. ^ Still exists
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