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