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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.
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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.
Oblast is a Slavic term that exists in the Russian language. Russian was official in all republics along with national languages of other republics.
In the 1950s there were 10 oblasts in the three Baltic republics.
In the 1950s there were 4 oblasts in the two Transcaucasian republics (only in Azerbaijan and Georgia).
| 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 |
Polyarny is a town and the administrative center of the closed administrative-territorial formation of Alexandrovsk in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the outermost western side of the Kola Bay. Population: 17,293 (2010 Census); 18,552 (2002 Census); 27,635 (1989 Census).
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Grozny Oblast was an administrative entity of the Russian SFSR that was established as Grozny Okrug on 7 March 1944 and abolished on 9 January 1957.
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Popasna Raion was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine until its abolition in 2020. The administrative center was the town of Popasna. The last estimate of the raion population was 74,028.
On the Rehabilitation of Repressed Peoples is the law N 1107-I of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic signed on April 29, 1991 and updated by the July 1, 1993 law N 5303-I of the Russian Federation.
Semipalatinsk Oblast was an administrative division of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic in the Soviet Union, established on October 14, 1939 from parts of East Kazakhstan and Alma-Ata Oblasts. Upon Kazakhstan's independence in 1991, the oblast continued to exist until 1997, when it was merged back into East Kazakhstan Oblast.
The Ministry of the Maritime Fleet was a government ministry in the Soviet Union.
The parade of sovereignties was a series of declarations of sovereignty of various degrees by the republics of the Soviet Union and autonomous units within the republics from 1988 to 1991. The declarations stated the priority of the constituent republic power in its territory over the central power, which led to the War of Laws between the centre and the republics. The process followed the loosened power grip of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union as a result of demokratizatsiya and perestroika policies under Mikhail Gorbachev. Despite the efforts of Gorbachev to preserve the union under a new treaty in the form of the Union of Sovereign States, many constituents soon declared their full independence. The process resulted in the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Honored Artist of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic was an honorary title of the RSFSR.
Krasna Poliana, historically known as Kyzyl-Chonrav is a village in Chornomorske Raion, Crimea.
