Oblasts of the Soviet Union

Administrative unit in the Soviet Union

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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

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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

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### Baltic region

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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

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In the 1950s there were 4 oblasts in two of the three 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

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Name in English  | Name in Russian  | Republic  | Established  | Dissolved

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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

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* Oblasts of Russia
* Oblasts of the Russian Empire
* Oblast

## References

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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

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

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