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.

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 OblastПярнуская область (ru) Estonian SSR 1952-05-10 1953-04-28
Tallinn OblastТаллинская область (ru) Estonian SSR 1952-05-10 1953-04-28
Tartu OblastТартуская область (ru) Estonian SSR 1952-05-10 1953-04-28
Riga OblastРижская область (ru) Latvian SSR 1952-04-08 1953-04-25
Daugavpils OblastДаугавпилсская область (ru) Latvian SSR 1952-04-08 1953-04-25
Liepāja OblastЛиепайская область (ru) Latvian SSR 1952-04-08 1953-04-25
Šiauliai OblastШяуляйская область (ru) Lithuanian SSR 1950-06-20 1953-05-28
Klaipėda OblastКлайпедская область (ru) Lithuanian SSR 1950-06-20 1953-05-28
Vilnius OblastВильнюсская область (ru) Lithuanian SSR 1950-06-20 1953-05-28
Kaunas OblastКаунасская область (ru) Lithuanian SSR 1950-06-20 1953-05-28
Baku OblastБакинская область (ru) Azerbaijan SSR 1952-04-03 1953-04-23
Ganja OblastГянджинская область (ru) Azerbaijan SSR 1952-04-03 1953-04-23
Kutaisi OblastКутаисская область (ru) Georgian SSR 1951-11-05 1953-04-23
Tbilisi OblastТбилисская 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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