Oblasts of the Soviet Union

The oblasts of the Soviet Union were second-level entities 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 1950 there were 10 oblasts in the three Baltic republics.

Moldavian SSR


List

Oblast Republic Established Dissolved
Riga Oblast Latvian SSR
Pärnu Oblast Estonian SSR 1953-04-28
Tallin Oblast Estonian SSR 1953-04-28
Tartu Oblast Estonian SSR 1953-04-28
Vilnius Oblast Lithuanian SSR
Kaunas Oblast Lithuanian SSR
Central Black Earth Oblast RSFSR 1934-06-13
Chita Oblast RSFSR
Crimean Oblast RSFSR
East Siberian Oblast RSFSR
Grozny Oblast RSFSR
Irkutsk Oblast RSFSR
Kuban-Black Sea Oblast RSFSR
Northern Oblast (1936–37) RSFSR
Ural Oblast RSFSR
Velikiye Luki Oblast RSFSR
Western Oblast RSFSR

References