Administrative unit in 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
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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
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
See also
References
Notes
- ^ Dissolved in 2008 as an oblast of Russia
- ^ Still exists
