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) 1953-04-25 Law on abolition of Riga, Daugavpils and Liepāja oblasts (Latvia) 1953-05-28 Law on abolition of Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda and Šiauliai oblasts (Lithuania)
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) 1953-04-23 Law on abolition of Kutaisi and Tbilisi oblasts (Georgia)
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 RSFSR1928-05-14 1934-06-13 Chita Oblast RSFSR1937-09-26 Crimean Oblast RSFSR1945-06-301954-02-19 Ukrainian SSR1954-02-191991-02-12 East Siberian Oblast RSFSR1936-12-051937-09-26 Grozny Oblast RSFSR1944-03-071957-01-09 Irkutsk Oblast RSFSR1937-09-26N/A Kuban-Black Sea Oblast RSFSR1920-03-181924-02-13 Northern Oblast (1936–37) RSFSR1936-12-051937-09-23 Ural Oblast RSFSR1923-11-031934-01-17 Velikiye Luki Oblast RSFSR1944-08-231957-10-02 Western Oblast RSFSR1929-10-11937-09-27
See also Oblasts of Russia Oblasts of the Russian Empire Oblast
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